Breaking up the 1,200 billion football betting ring of gangster Hieu 'de'

On January 21, the Criminal Police Department, Ministry of Public Security informed that, implementing the direction of the Minister of Public Security on launching a high point of attack, suppressing crime, ensuring security and order for the Lunar New Year 2025, through basic professional work and reconnaissance on cyberspace, the Criminal Police Department discovered a ring of gambling and gambling activities in the form of football betting through the website: www.agbong88.com in Dong Nai province and southern provinces and cities.

The leaders of the Criminal Police Department have directed the Department of Prevention and Investigation of Social Evils Crimes (Department 4) to establish a special investigation project to combat this.

Based on collected documents, on December 31, 2024, Major General Phan Manh Truong, Deputy Director of the Criminal Police Department, Head of the Investigation Committee, directed Department 4 to preside over and coordinate with the Criminal Police Department of Dong Nai Provincial Police, Special Police Group No. 2, Mobile Police Command and police of a number of units and localities to simultaneously summon subjects and search locations in Dong Nai province.

The summoned subjects all reside in Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province, including: Tran Trung Hieu (nickname Hieu "cricket", born in 1990, has 1 criminal record); Tran Vinh Fan (Hieu's real brother, born in 1985, has 2 criminal records); Nguyen Truong Trong Toan (born in 1990, has 1 criminal record); Nguyen Phuc Thuan (nickname Thuan "buffalo", born in 1982, has 1 criminal record); Tran Hai Dang (born in 1981, has 1 criminal record); Vu Dinh Tu (born in 1992, has 1 criminal record); Nguyen Thien Tri (born in 1987, has 1 criminal record); Phung Quoc Anh Tuan (born in 1984, has 1 criminal record); Hoang Tien Du (born in 1976, has 1 criminal record)...

During the search, the Investigation Team seized 20 mobile phones, 1 laptop, 1 CPU, more than 1.1 billion VND and a number of objects and documents related to the case.

Based on the investigation documents and the statements of the subjects, the Investigation Police Agency of the Ministry of Public Security determined that: At the end of 2023, Tran Trung Hieu registered and created a super general agent account (Supper Master) NC84 on the Agbong88 betting website of the international bookmaker IBET. Then, Hieu divided it into many subordinate accounts and gave them to subordinates to organize gambling and gamble in Dong Nai province and some other localities.

The investigation process of the Criminal Police Department determined that the Supper Master account (Super general agent) NC84 was organizing gambling and gambling on cyberspace, including the following subordinate accounts at the time of the case: 14 Master accounts (general agents), 51 Agent accounts (agents) and 233 Member accounts (gamblers).

The total transaction amount from November 27 to December 31, 2024, of the Super Master NC84 account is over 100 billion VND. According to the investigation documents and statements of Tran Trung Hieu and related subjects, this gambling organization and gambling line has been operating stably, regularly, and continuously since the end of 2023 until now, with a transaction amount of about 1,200 billion VND.

On January 10, 2025, the Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency initiated a case and prosecuted 16 defendants for organizing gambling and gambling. The Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency called on those involved in the case to quickly surrender to the police to enjoy the leniency of the law. Any subject who deliberately evades or acts against the investigation agency will be severely punished.