Kasus Judi Online Slot8278, Bareskrim Setapkan Tersangka Baru Hingga Sita Uang Rp70 Miliar
The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has arrested three new suspects in the online gambling case of Slot8278 which is controlled by Chinese citizens. In addition, in handling the case, several assets of the suspects were also confiscated, ranging from cars to Rp70 billion.
"We have named the suspect, and arrested the parties involved," said Deputy Head of the National Police's Criminal Investigation Agency (Wakabareskrim), Inspector General Asep Edi Suheri to reporters, Saturday, November 2.
The three suspects are Hartono Abdi Jaya, Kristian alias CAS and Ellen. Hartono. They were arrested at different times and locations.
Hartono Abdi Jaya plays the company maker of PT AJT and PT MLT. The company is used for deposits and withdraw of the players.
"The HEJ suspect is also the coordinator in finding and appointing people as directors and commissioners of other financial service provider companies, in this case for the operation of the Slot8278 site," he said.
"Furthermore, the CAS suspect, acting as director of PT OT and suspect E as commissioner of PT OT, where PT OT is a financial services company made specifically for the Slot8278 site," continued Asep.
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In this case, two people have also been designated as fugitives, namely Dong Xiancai alias Max and Ina Juliani. Both are Chinese nationals.
Fugitives play IJ as manager of PT QDT which is the payment gate for online gambling transactions on the Slot8278 site. Meanwhile, Dong Xiancai alias Max is the coordinator.
"Both of them are still in the search process and currently we are still trying to arrest the two DPOs," said Asep.
Not only naming new suspects, investigators also confiscated a number of assets of the suspects, such as two cars, a laptop and tens of billions of money.
"We have succeeded in confiscating a number of evidences, including cash with a total amount of Rp. 70,138,000,000, then we have also confiscated two units of 4-wheeled vehicles and also three mobile phones and one laptop unit used for operations," said Asep.
The three suspects are charged with Article 45 Paragraph 3 Juncto Article 27 Paragraph 2 of the ITE Law and or Article 82 and or Article 85 of Law Number 3 of 2011 concerning the Crime of Fund Transfer.
Then, Article 3, Article 4, Article 5, Juncto Article 10 of the Law on Money Laundering or Money Laundering and or Article 303 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code.
Previously, in the online gambling case of Slot8278, Bareskrim had named 7 suspects. First, QF, which is or acts as the director of payment services providers on the online gambling network.
Meanwhile, the other six suspects had the initials RA, IMM, AF, FH, RAP, and HJ. In the network, all of them play a role in the payment service provider.