How did 6 former Ba Ria - Vung Tau players sell matches?

On April 4, former players Le Bang Gia Huy, 23 years old; Nguyen Son Hai, 31 years old; Pham Van Phong, Nguyen Quang Huy (both 21 years old) were tried by the People's Court of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province for two crimes of gambling and organizing gambling.

Nguyen Khanh Duy, 22 years old, was prosecuted for organizing gambling; Tran Ky Anh (21 years old) for gambling.

According to the indictment, the group of defendants belongs to the Ba Ria - Vung Tau Football Club, which competes in the first division and the National Cup in the 2023 - 2024 season. Hai plays as a goalkeeper; Gia Huy, Ky Anh, Quang Huy are midfielders; Phong and Duy play in attack. This group is accused of participating in betting and fixing the scores of two matches for illegal profits.

Underdog to win the bet

On the evening of December 22, 2023 (two days before the home match with SHB Da Nang), Gia Huy, Hai, Phong and Quang Huy discussed how to play below their ability to place bets on the opponent's winning chance on the football betting website. Hai transferred 20 million VND to the account and asked Phong to place the bet; Quang Huy sent Phong 5 million VND.

Phong used all of Hai's money to deposit into his betting account, and asked Gia Huy to bet 5 million VND for Quang Huy. In addition, Phong also deposited 4 million VND to place his own bet but was unsuccessful.

Gia Huy then successfully bet 20 million VND for Hai, and used his personal account to bet 13 million VND, including 8 million VND of his own and 5 million VND of Quang Huy.

When Ky Anh knew that the above group of players intentionally played below their ability, he used his betting account to bet 6,595 million VND on the victory of SHB Da Nang Club.

As a result, SHB Da Nang Club won 3-1 against Ba Ria - Vung Tau Club. The above group of players won the bet with specific amounts: Hai 8 million VND, Gia Huy and Quang Huy 13 million VND, Ky Anh 4.6 million VND.

Obey the signals of strangers in the stands

In the match against Dong Nai in the National Cup on November 24, 2023, Hai, Gia Huy, Quang Huy, Phong, Duy and To Phuong Thinh (25 years old, in Phu Yen) planned to fix the match.

Gia Huy contacted Ngo Hoang Quan (24 years old, player of Thua Thien - Hue Club) to find someone to fix the match. Quan continued to connect with a person named Cong (unknown background) to be introduced to a person also named Quan who agreed to coordinate the score.

In Dong Nai, Gia Huy, Hai, Phong and Khanh Duy met Quan to discuss. This group of players agreed to play according to Quan's signal in the stands, in exchange for each person receiving 25 - 30 million VND. When the match took place, Gia Huy, Hai, Quang Huy, Phong and Duy followed the agreement; only Thinh changed his mind and did not participate. As a result, Ba Ria - Vung Tau lost to Dong Nai 0 - 2.

After the match, Hai used his wife's bank account to receive 120 million VND; kept 24 million, the rest was divided equally among Gia Huy, Quang Huy, Phong and Duy (each person received 24 million VND).

The investigation agency determined that Pham Van Phong and Tran Ky Anh also participated in betting on a number of matches in other football tournaments. However, because the amount of bets was less than 5 million VND, there was not enough basis to prosecute them criminally.

In addition, individuals such as Ngo Hoang Quan, Tran Quoc Viet and Cong... are suspected of being involved in betting and match-fixing activities. However, due to the expiration of the investigation period, the files of these individuals have been separated for further investigation and processing.

Today's trial was absent from people with related rights and obligations; witnesses... so the Trial Panel decided to adjourn.