Raup Untung Jual Shortcut Link Aplikasi Membuat Site Judi Online, Pria Asal Jakarta Ditangkap Di Cianjur

JABAR - The Cianjur Resort Police (Polres) arrested AP (41), a resident of Jakarta who was involved in gambling, Thursday, April 18. AP made a profit of millions of rupiah by selling a shortcut link to create an online or online gambling site.

Cianjur Police Chief AKBP Aszhari Kurniawan said AP is an information technology technology (IT) expert who makes applications so that people can access and download online gambling applications without being blocked by the Ministry of Information.

"AP sells the online gambling shortcut link in several marketplaces so that transactions are carried out online, one shortcut at a price of Rp. 150 thousand, after obtaining the link, buyers will be directed via e-mail and charged other fees of up to tens of millions," he said in Cianjur, Friday, April 19, confiscated by Antara.

So that buyers can download online gambling applications without having to use a virtual private network (VPN) and without being blocked, so that they reap profits of up to hundreds of millions from selling shortcut links to online gambling applications.

The police initially found a shortcut sale to open online gambling sites and applications in one of the marketplaces, after further investigations were carried out, finally the perpetrator who made the shortcut was arrested in Tangerang-Banten.

"In their actions, hackers create applications or shortcuts that can be used to access various gambling sites that are blocked by the Ministry of Information," he said.

Pelaku sudah menjalankan bisnis tersebut sejak satu tahun terakhir, sedangkan penangkapan yang dilakukan berdasarkan pencangan pemerintah pusat setelah Presiden RI Joko Widodo melakukan rapat darurat judi online di Istana Kepresidenan Jakarta pada Kamis, 18 April.

As a result, Jokowi ordered Kominfo to form an online Judi Task Force, so that AP's arrest was carried out as an effort to eradicate online gambling in Indonesia, including in Cianjur.

"For his actions, the perpetrator was charged with Article 45 and Article 27 of Law Number 1 of 2024 concerning the second amendment to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions in conjunction with Article 303 of the Criminal Code with a threat of 10 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 10 billion," he said.