Former police officer and doctor jailed for organizing gambling and gambling

June 13, 2023 21:02

On the afternoon of June 13, the People's Court of Hai Duong province held a first-instance trial of five defendants for organizing gambling and gambling, four of whom were former police officers.

5 defendants at trial

At the trial, the Trial Panel sentenced Vu Tri Tuyen to 6 years and 9 months in prison, Pham Minh Tien to 5 years and 9 months in prison for organizing gambling; Nguyen Dinh Tuan to 3 years and 3 months in prison, Vu Tuan Dung to 36 months in prison with a suspended sentence, Vu Toan Thang to 27 months in prison with a suspended sentence for gambling. Regarding civil liability, the defendants were fined: Tuyen 100 million VND, Tien 60 million VND, Tuan 50 million VND, Dung 40 million VND and Thang 30 million VND.

According to the indictment, Vu Tri Tuyen (born in 1989, residing in Thanh Binh Ward, Hai Duong City) is an officer at Hoang Tien Prison (Ministry of Public Security) who knew Do Thanh Phuc (born in 1990, residing in Gia Xuyen Commune, Hai Duong City), a prisoner serving his sentence at the prison. In 2019, Phuc completed his prison sentence and returned to his hometown.

In early July 2022, Phuc told Tuyen that he was managing an online gambling account. If he knew anyone who wanted to get a betting account, Phuc would provide the betting account. Tuyen agreed.

From July 20 to September 27, 2022, Tuyen received from Phuc 7 gambling accounts on the website with the conversion price of betting points from 40,000 to 100,000 VND/point. After that, Tuyen handed over 3 accounts to Nguyen Dinh Tuan (born in 1984, residing in Sao Do ward, Chi Linh) to use for gambling; handed over 1 account to Pham Minh Tien (born in 1991, residing in Thanh Binh ward), then Tien handed over this account to Vu Tuan Dung (born in 1990, residing in Thanh Binh ward). Tuyen handed over the remaining 3 accounts to Vu Toan Thang (born in 1984, residing in Sao Do ward) to gamble. All 7 accounts above were gambled at least once from 5 million VND or more, with a total amount of more than 17.8 billion VND. Tuyen did not gain any illegal profit from organizing gambling.

The defendants Tuyen, Tien, and Tuan were former police officers at Hoang Tien Prison. Thang was a police officer at Bac An Commune (Chi Linh), and Dung was a doctor. All five defendants had mitigating circumstances.

During the investigation, Phuc was not present in the locality, so the Investigation Police Agency of Hai Duong Province Police decided to separate the case for further investigation and handling.