{"id":24310,"date":"2021-11-08T08:15:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T11:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=24310"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:04:17","slug":"vietnam-23-arrested-over-illegal-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnam-23-arrested-over-illegal-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam: 23 arrested over illegal online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police in Vietnam have taken down an illegal online gambling ring that was operating across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vietnam.- <strong>More than 200 police officers<\/strong> were involved\u00a0in an operation that foiled an alleged illegal online gambling ring in Vietnam. Officers carried out\u00a0<strong>several raids\u00a0<\/strong>in Hanoi, northern provinces of Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Thai Nguyen, and Phu Quoc Island, arresting 23 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the raids, police seized documents and cars and detected\u00a0<strong>nearly VND14tn (US$617.8m) in transactions\u00a0<\/strong>since July last year. According to VN Express, among those arrested, were three men aged between 34 to 42 who are believed to be the leaders of the operation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The illegal online gambling operation worked through a website and a mobile application that allowed gamblers to bet online. To play, gamblers had to purchase coins by transferring money directly to several dealers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few days ago, officers started investigating&nbsp;<strong>a Chinese couple&nbsp;<\/strong>for allegedly running an&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnam-chinese-couple-investigated-for-illegal-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">illegal online gambling site<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>with servers outside the country. According to police, the couple and around 20 Vietnamese men and women were arrested for operating the illegal platform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Police raided a rented house&nbsp;<\/strong>and seized seven computers, 110 smartphones, 16 sim cards, 16 bank cards, and money. A woman is suspected of hiring three Vietnamese citizens and paying them between US$350 to US$440 a month to advertise the gambling platform on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vietnam-casinos-ask-government-to-let-locals-gamble\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vietnamese citizens<\/a>&nbsp;are allowed to enter only two casinos and must pass strict criteria in order to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Vietnam have taken down an illegal online gambling ring that was operating across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Vietnamese authorities have dismantled a significant illegal online gambling operation, arresting 23 individuals and seizing assets linked to transactions totaling US$617.8m. The ring operated via a website and mobile application, utilizing direct money transfers for coin purchases, highlighting the challenges of regulatory enforcement in restrictive markets.","focusai_entities":"VN Express","focusai_location":"Vietnam, Hanoi, Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Thai Nguyen, Phu Quoc Island","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.85), affiliate_publisher (0.75), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Vietnam iGaming Liberalization?","query":"What are the broader implications for potential iGaming market liberalization in Vietnam given the demonstrated demand and current enforcement actions against illegal operations?"},{"label":"Illegal Payment Countermeasures?","query":"How do these illegal payment mechanisms (direct transfers to dealers for coins) circumvent traditional AML\/KYC controls, and what countermeasures are effective in mitigating such financial crime risks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911,4138],"class_list":["post-24310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24310"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24338,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24310\/revisions\/24338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}