Earlier investigations revealed that the website “KUBET,” operated from servers overseas, hosted various gambling games such as lottery, and football betting.

Players accessed the site via mobile phones, created accounts linked to bank accounts for depositing and withdrawing gambling funds, and participated in games offered on the platform.

At the time of the crackdown, the website had over one million accounts, with total gambling transactions exceeding VND 1 trillion (approximately US$40 million).

Further investigation uncovered that besides gambling, the group was involved in laundering money.

They hired people to open bank accounts in Vietnam for depositing gambling funds, then coordinated with operators in Taiwan who controlled computers and phones pre-installed with internet banking apps to transfer money across multiple bank accounts to conceal the origins of the gambling proceeds.

For transactions over VND10 million, biometric authentication was required. To bypass this, the group created AI-generated videos mimicking account holders’ faces, allowing them to pass biometric security without the account owners’ direct involvement.

The investigation agency has frozen more than 500 bank accounts so far, estimating that the group laundered over VND 200 billion monthly. From September 2024 to April 2025, the total gambling amount exceeded VND 1 trillion.

Seven Chinese involved in online gambling handed over to China

Competent forces of the northern border province of Lao Cai on October 26 handed over seven Chinese involved in an online gambling ring to police of China’s Yunnan province.