Dismantling online gambling ring worth 300 billion via Bong8x website

News - Posted date: 11:40, August 18, 2023

A group of people who gambled and organized gambling through the Bong8x website have just been arrested and prosecuted. The scale of this online gambling ring is up to 300 billion VND.

The Investigation Police Agency of Bac Kan Province Police has just initiated a case and prosecuted 5 subjects for gambling and organizing gambling in the form of online football betting.

Three defendants Nguyen Duy Thanh (born in 1985), residing in Hong Chau ward (Hung Yen city, Hung Yen province), Pham Van Dong (born in 1983), residing in Tu Ho village, Yen Phu commune (Yen My district, Hung Yen province) and Nguyen Son Tung (born in 1991), residing in Tan Thanh commune (Son Duong district, Tuyen Quang province) were prosecuted for organizing gambling and were temporarily detained to serve the investigation.


Nguyen Duy Thanh was arrested by Bac Kan Provincial Police.

Nguyen Van Cuong (born in 1995), residing in Ky Phu commune (Dai Tu district, Thai Nguyen province) and Tran Xuan Hai (born in 1992), residing in Le Loi ward (Hung Yen city, Hung Yen province) were prosecuted for gambling and banned from leaving their place of residence.

Through professional work, the Department of Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention, Bac Kan Provincial Police discovered the above group of subjects and reported to the Provincial Police Department to establish a special project to fight.

After 3 days of organizing the crackdown with the coordination between the Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department and the Criminal Police Department (Bac Kan Provincial Police), 5 subjects were arrested.


The ringleader Pham Van Dong (left) and the ringleader Nguyen Van Cuong (right)

At the scene, the police seized 12 mobile phones, 1 laptop, 1 tablet, 1 computer hard drive as the means to commit the crime, along with over 120 million VND.

Confessing to the investigation agency, Pham Van Dong - the leader of the gambling and gambling organization ring, said that he used his mobile phone to access the website "Bong8x" to bet on football, then granted accounts to related subjects.

The subjects paid periodically every Monday with an average monthly betting amount of over 17 billion VND. According to the Department of Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention (Bac Kan Provincial Police), the scale of the online betting line that was just dismantled was over 300 billion VND.

According to Vietnamnet