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flag Four siblings and 39 others jailed for running a $3.8B transnational online gambling and crypto scheme using banned currencies.

flag A Vietnamese court has sentenced four siblings and 39 others to prison for running a transnational online gambling and cryptocurrency scheme that processed $3.8 billion in transactions from 2020 to 2021. flag The operation, which used banned cryptocurrencies like USDT and Ethereum, allowed users to convert Vietnamese dong into digital tokens for gambling via e-wallets, peaking at 20,000 users and 25 million accounts. flag Participants earned commissions by recruiting others through platforms like Telegram, which Vietnam has blocked due to widespread illegal activity. flag Illicit funds were used to buy real estate and luxury vehicles domestically and abroad, prompting an ongoing money laundering investigation. flag Authorities are pursuing an Indian man believed to be the mastermind, while nearly 60 individuals were arrested earlier in the year in Cambodia and Vietnam in a related fraud case.

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