Former Director of the Hi-tech Crime Police Department Nguyen Thanh Hoa
According to the announcement from the Ministry of Public Security, Hoa and his accomplices had used the internet to appropriate property, organise gambling, illegally trade receipts and launder money in Phu Tho Province and some other provinces and cities.
Phu Tho police have frozen several bank accounts that worth VND381bn (USD16.77m), and seized 20 houses worth USD8.37m and 13 cars.
On May 25, 2017, Vo Minh Phuong from Viet Tri City reported to Phu Tho police that a conman had used Facebook to steal VND55m in prepaid scratch cards from her. Two months later, the police arrested Le Van Huy who said he had spent the money on online gambling on Rikvip.com.
After expanding the investigation, the Cyber Security Department and the Department of Economic Security detained leaders of Nam Viet Investment Development Services Company and Hi-Tech Security and Development Investment Company (CNC) who organised the ring. Nguyen Van Duong, chairman of CNC and his director Luu Thi Hong were arrested. Phan Sao Nam, former chairman of VTC Online in HCM City, was also arrested for organising gambling.
CNC was established in 2011 with VND20bn (USD880,000) in charter capital. In last April, it gained a licence to provide intermediary payment services from the State Bank of Vietnam in 10 years.
The investigation is still on-going.
