Authorities in Vietnam have handed out stiff sentences to members of an illegal betting ring tied to online gambling site M88.com.

On Friday, a court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced 30 individuals to jail terms while suspending sentences to another 14 individuals whose only crime was to have placed sports wagers with the gang.

Tran Hau Chi, the alleged leader of the gang at the center of Friday’s hearing, wasn’t in court, as he remains a fugitive. But his 27-year-old son Tran Long Thanh wasn’t so fortunate, and he received the lengthiest sentence, nine years in prison.

Ten junior members of the gang received sentences ranging from one to seven years for helping the gang move money to and from the site via 22 bank accounts. The gang reportedly transferred VD 1.4t (US $62m) to M88.com over an 18-month period until the authorities arrested its members in 2014. Nineteen gamblers who wagered with M88 via the gang were sentenced to up to two and a half years, as their wagering activities were apparently deemed more excessive than the 14 who escaped with suspended sentences.