HANOI, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Police in Vietnam's central Thanh Hoa province have cracked down on an online gambling ring with related transactions worth nearly 62 million U.S. dollars, reported local media on Monday.
Ten local people, including four ring leaders, have been detained by the provincial police, and their two cars, four computers, 16 cell phones, and 461 million Vietnamese dong (20,400 U.S. dollars) in cash confiscated, according to daily newspaper Tien Phong (Pioneer).
According to the police, from the beginning of 2017 till their arrest, the ring handled online betting transactions totaling over 1.4 trillion Vietnamese dong (nearly 62 million U.S. dollars).
Gambling, except in government licensed casinos, is illegal in Vietnam. Anyone found to be in violation of this law is subject to steep fines and/or a severe prison sentence.
