On March 13, the Public Security Department of Lam Dong Province in Vietnam announced the bust of a transnational money laundering case involving nearly 2 trillion Vietnamese dong (approximately 570 million yuan). The police arrested 23 suspects during the operation, accusing the group of planning and controlling high-tech crimes from Cambodia, mainly involving online fraud, online gambling, and illegal financial transactions.
The operation began in the early hours of March 12, with over 50 officers from the Criminal Police Department of Lam Dong Province surrounding and raiding a criminal hideout located in a two-story apartment on a self-made road in the 11th ward of Da Lat city. The apartment was equipped with surveillance cameras and sturdy iron doors, but the police successfully broke in and captured all suspects, seizing 2 laptops, nearly 30 smartphones, dozens of bank cards, and several mobile SIM cards on site. Additionally, the police found numerous financial transaction records, task assignment documents, and payment details, further confirming the group's money laundering operations.
Upon preliminary interrogation, the police confirmed that the criminal group was part of a transnational money laundering network, operated under the command of an overseas organization. The group registered dozens of bank accounts specifically for illegal fund transfers related to cybercrime activities.
Investigations revealed that one of the core members of the group, Le Van Diep (27 years old, from Kim Chuan County, Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam), had traveled to Cambodia through the Moc Bai border gate on October 15, 2024. He worked in the customer service department of a gambling game application at a gaming company in the Dong Tai 2 area of Bavi City, Chai Tien Province. A month later, he resigned and returned to Vietnam, but during this period, he met a Chinese man known as "Billy," a shareholder of the company.
According to Le Van Diep's statement, "Billy" proposed a gambling money laundering plan to him, promising to pay a reward of 0.1% of the total amount laundered. By the time of his arrest, Le Van Diep had provided "Billy" with about 100 other people's bank accounts for money laundering, with daily fund flows ranging from 200 to 300 billion Vietnamese dong (approximately 5.7 million to 8.6 million yuan).
The case is still under further investigation.
Vietnam dismantles a transnational money laundering gang controlled by Chinese, involving nearly 570 million yuan!
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Developed quite fast, 3 months
Is Vietnam safe?
Before the pandemic, there were many Chinese tourists in Vietnam, but the number has decreased significantly after the pandemic.
If there's an opportunity to go there, the salary is also good, I'm hesitating.
Do any friends from Vietnam want to share what's happening there?
It started in November last year and it's been less than half a year, so fast.
Our relationship has always been bad.
It's Vietnam again.
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