Bareskrim Names PT Arta Jaya Putra And FH Suspects Of TPPU Judi Onlie

Director of Special Economic Crimes at Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Helfi Assegaf (Rizky AP/VOI)

The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has named PT Arta Jaya Putra (AJP) and FH as corporate and individual suspects in the alleged crime of money laundering (TPPU) with the initial criminal of online gambling.

In this case, Bareskrim Polri is known to have confiscated the Arus Hotel in the Semarang area, Central Java.

"Today, we have named the first suspect in the corporation, namely PT AJP, which is based at the Arus Hotel. Also the second suspect is FH," said Director of Special Economic Crimes at Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Helfi Assegaf to reporters, Thursday, January 16.

The determination of the suspect was said to be based on sufficient evidence. From the results of the investigation, PT AJP is suspected of receiving a flow of funds from the suspect FH sourced from online gambling.

Then, the money was used to build the Arus Hotel which is managed by PT AJP. FH enjoyed the profits again.

"PT AJP is a corporation that accommodates money from the FH account used for the construction of the Arus Hotel in Semarang and manages the Arus Hotel itself and the results return to PT AJP," said Helfi.

In this case, PT AJP was charged with Article 6 in conjunction with Article 69 of Law number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering (TPPU) and or Article 27 paragraph (2) of Law number 1 of 2024 concerning the second amendment to Law number 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions and or Article 303 of the Criminal Code as a corporation with a maximum penalty of IDR 100 billion.

Meanwhile, FH is suspected of being under Article 4 in conjunction with Article 69 of Law number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering (TPPU) and/or Article 27 paragraph (2) of Law number 1 of 2024 concerning the second amendment to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions and/or Article 303 of the Criminal Code.

Previously, Helfi said the construction of the Arus Hotel used the proceeds from several online gambling sites. The value is around Rp. 40.5 billion.

"The contracts are allegedly managed by dealers related to online gambling platforms, including dafabet, agent 138, and soccer gambling," said Helfi.