Nguyen Dang Dinh sentenced to 8 years in prison for gambling fraud

According to the indictment, in November 2018, Mr. T. in Hai Duong City and Mr. Y. in Cam Giang District were prosecuted for gambling, so they contacted and asked Dinh to "fix the case" so that they could receive a suspended sentence. Dinh agreed and said he would inform them later how much money it would cost.

About a week later, at a coffee shop in Cam Thuong ward (Hai Duong city), Dinh said he would take care of Mr. T. and Mr. Y. when the Hai Duong Provincial People's Court held an appeal trial, each of them giving Dinh 50 million VND in advance. The two men agreed and gave the money to Dinh.

About 10 days later, Dinh informed the two men that the amount of money to pay for the suspended sentence was 186 million VND/person (minus the amount Dinh had received 50 million VND/person), each person had to give Dinh 136 million VND. The total amount of money Dinh received from Mr. T. and Mr. Y. was 372 million VND.

Similarly, in March 2019, Mr. S. in Thanh Ha district and Mr. H. in Binh Giang district were prosecuted for gambling and contacted and asked Dinh to "fix" the sentence. Dinh said he would "fix" the sentence for the two people at the first instance trial stage of Hai Duong City People's Court, at a cost of 80 million VND/person. In March 2019, Dinh received 160 million VND from Mr. S. and Mr. H. After receiving the money, Dinh invested and used it for personal expenses.

On June 10, 2019, the Hai Duong People's Court held a first-instance trial and sentenced Mr. T. and Mr. Y. to 20 months in prison each. Dinh instructed the two to write an appeal. On October 29, 2019, before the Hai Duong People's Court held an appeal trial, because they did not see Dinh "fixing the case" for them, Mr. T. and Mr. Y. withdrew their appeals and asked Dinh to return the money.

Before the first instance trial, Mr. S. and Mr. H. told Dinh not to "run" for a suspended sentence anymore and asked for the money back, but Dinh asked to pay later.

Thus, from November 2018 to March 2019, Dinh provided false information about his ability to "fix the case", receiving a total of 532 million VND from 4 people.

After many times of asking but Dinh did not pay, all 4 people including Mr. T., Mr. Y., Mr. S., Mr. H. filed a report to the Investigation Police Agency.