On March 13 , the Public Security Department of Lam Dong Province, Vietnam, announced that it had successfully cracked a transnational money laundering case involving nearly 2 trillion VND (equivalent to nearly 570 million RMB). In the above case, the Criminal Police Office of the Public Security Department of Lam Dong Province arrested 23 suspects involved in a high-tech criminal gang that carried out cybercrime activities from Cambodia. The money laundering network was led by Phan Thi Be ( 29 years old, Lam Hoa Commune, Ky Anh District, Ha Tinh Province) and Le Van Diet ( 27 years old, Kam Vinh Commune, Kam Xuyen District, Ha Tinh Province).
Earlier, in the early morning of March 12 , more than 50 soldiers from the Criminal Police Office of the Lam Dong Provincial Public Security Department surrounded an apartment on Tzu Thao Road, Ward 11, Da Lat City . Law enforcement officers raided the two-story apartment equipped with a surveillance camera system and a solid iron door, and arrested 23 suspects on the spot who were using computers and mobile phones to conduct illegal financial transactions.
The police seized 2 laptops, nearly 30 smartphones, dozens of bank cards and various mobile phone SIM cards on the spot. In particular, law enforcement officers also found a large number of records involving transaction processes, task allocations and remuneration payments, with the amount involved being nearly 2 trillion VND.
Through preliminary interrogation and verification, the investigating authorities determined that the criminal gang was part of a transnational criminal network operating under the command of an overseas organization. They registered dozens of bank accounts for illegal fund transfers, mainly serving online fraud, online gambling and contraband transactions . According to preliminary 'investigations': On October 15 , 2024 , Le Van Diet went to Cambodia through the Mu Bai Port and worked at a gaming company in Dong Thai 2 District , Bavet City, Svay Rieng Province . Le Van Diet was in charge of the customer service department of the company's gambling game application. By November 14 , 2024 , Le Van Diet resigned and returned to Vietnam.
The investigation agency revealed that Le Van Dieu confessed that while working at the game company, he met a Chinese man who called himself " Billy " , who was a shareholder of the company. " Billy " proposed to Le Van Dieu to launder money through gambling and promised to pay him 0.1% of the total amount of money laundered. As of the time of his arrest, Le Van Dieu confessed that he had provided " Billy " with about 100 other people's bank accounts for money laundering. The total amount of funds received and transferred by these accounts every day was about 20 to 30 billion VND. The case is currently under further investigation!