HANOI, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Police of Vietnam's northern Thanh Hoa province have cracked down an online gambling ring with transactions totaling nearly 4,000 billion Vietnamese dongs (170 million U.S. dollars), arresting nine local people, Vietnam News Agency reported on Tuesday.
After detaining nine people for organizing gambling and gambling online, the police were hunting the ringleader, a 30-year-old man named Tran Quang Truong from the province. They have blocked over 6 billion Vietnamese dongs (256,503 U.S. dollars) in bank accounts used for gambling.
Currently, all forms of gambling, including those on sports, except in government-licensed casinos, are illegal in Vietnam.
According to the country's Penal Code, gamblers who place a bet of 2 million Vietnamese dongs (85 U.S. dollars) or more, and bookmakers whose ring involves at least 10 people will be indicted for criminal offenses.
