4 people sentenced for football betting

August 12, 2023 16:27

On the morning of August 12, Hai Duong Provincial People's Court held a first-instance trial of four subjects for organizing gambling and gambling.


4 defendants in court (from left to right): Nguyen Thanh Son, Nguyen Van Duc, Vu Thi Binh, Tran Viet Duc. Photo: Hai Long

The indictment of the People's Procuracy of Hai Duong province clearly stated that from October 17 to November 6, 2022, Vu Thi Binh (born in 1987, residing in Thanh Giang commune, Thanh Mien) took from a subject named Tung (name unknown, in Ho Chi Minh City) 7 gambling accounts in the form of online football betting at the Member level with the conversion price of betting points from 15,000 - 50,000 VND/point.

After that, Binh gave Tran Viet Duc (born in 1993, residing in Hong Phuc commune, Ninh Giang) 1 account and Nguyen Thanh Son (born in 1992, residing in Lac Long commune, Kinh Mon) 2 accounts for Duc and Son to gamble. Binh did not remember who gave the other 2 accounts to.

The total gambling amount of these 5 Member accounts is more than 14.8 billion VND, each account has at least one gambling of 5 million VND or more and 69 gambling times of 50 million VND or more. The total amount of illegal profit Binh has made is more than 236.8 million VND.

After taking the account from Binh, Son handed it over to Nguyen Van Duc (born in 1992, residing in Lac Long commune, Kinh Mon) to gamble. Son's total illegal profits were more than 79.2 million VND.

The trial panel sentenced Vu Thi Binh to 5 years and 3 months in prison for organizing gambling; Nguyen Thanh Son to 8 years in prison for organizing gambling and gambling; Tran Viet Duc to 3 years and 6 months in prison, and Nguyen Van Duc to 3 years in prison for gambling.

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