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Read Full BioIndonesian police have frozen approximately $9.5 million in 811 bank accounts they believe are linked to online gambling and illegal casino sites.
The Indonesian media outlet Metro TV News reported that the Indonesian National Police Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim Polri) has ordered banks to suspend all activity on the accounts.
The move is part of an inter-departmental operation that also involves the Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK).
Police said they used data from the PPATK’s analysis reports to follow up with their own investigations.
Indonesian Police: Millions Frozen on ‘Strong Suspicions’ of Gambling Ties
Senior Commissioner Ferdy Saragih, of Bareskrim Polri’s Cybercrime Department (Dittipidsiber), said on August 26: “We have strong suspicions that these funds originate from online gambling-related crimes.”
Ferdy said that the freeze and confiscation orders were not the police’s “final step.” Ferdy added that officers will “continue to pursue the perpetrators and networks behind these cybercrimes.”
The Senior Commissioner added: “We will continue to take action against bank accounts related to online gambling. We are committed to cleaning up the digital space. We will rid it of illegal practices.”
Dittipidsiber has also announced plans to hold a press conference in the near future. The department said that it would provide more details of the police’s findings during this media event.
Ferdy said that police would also explain a range of “further efforts” they are making to “eradicate online gambling.”
Trio Could Receive 20-Year Jail Terms
In a separate report, Metro TV News wrote that Dittipidsiber has made three arrests as part of a raid on “a large international online gambling network.”
Dittipidsiber detained the three unnamed suspects in North Jakarta on August 20, officers said. The trio, police think, worked as customer service admins and marketing officers for online gambling sites. Officers think they worked with the Slotbola88, Inibet77, and Rajaspin platforms.
Police believe the suspects answered customer queries from “various countries, including Indonesia.”
Dittipidsiber said it had uncovered the trio’s activities as part of a follow-up operation stemming from a raid conducted in July.
All three suspects have been charged with money laundering and gambling law violations. They could face jail terms of up to 20 years if convicted.
Elsewhere in the country, courts in Bali have recently jailed several young female social media stars for promoting gambling sites on their Instagram accounts.
