Bareskrim Names 4 Suspects In The Semarang Hotel Online Judicial Case

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The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police arrested four suspects in the online gambling case (judol) Agent 138. The site is one of the sources of funds used to build the Arus Hotel, Semarang.

The construction of the hotel is known to use the results of judol from three sites, namely Agent 138, Dafabet, and Football Gambling.

"The case that we managed to arrest was with the Agent 138 website, which some time ago was related to the confiscation of the Arus Hotel, naming 4 suspects," said Director of Cyber Crime at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency Brigadier General Himawan Bayu Aji to reporters, Monday, January 20.

The four suspects had the initials JO, JG, AHL, and KW. In the case of the 138 Agent judol, they have different roles.

The suspects JO, JG, and AHL were arrested in Lampung on January 7, 2025. They have been detained at the Police Criminal Investigation Unit since January 8, 2025.

"The three suspects act as deposit operators, withdrawal, and customer service operators for the Agent 138 website," he said.

Meanwhile, the suspect KW was arrested in Jakarta on January 14, 2025. His role as a customer service manager from the Agent 138 website.

"The suspect oversees customer service employees who work online," he said.

Not only that, Bareskrim Polri also revealed two other judol cases, namely H5GF777 and RGO Casino.

In the case of H5GF777, two people were named as suspects. They have the initials MIA and AL, who are suspected of being the site managers. A number of assets were confiscated in the case. The value reached Rp47 billion.

Then in the RGO Casino case, five people were named as suspects, one of whom was HJ alias Zeus, who was suspected of being the operational manager of the site and controlling 17 other gambling websites.

The suspects were charged with Article 45 Paragraph 3 Juncto Article 27 Paragraph 2 of Law Number 1 of 2024 concerning the Second Amendment to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions and or Article 82 and or Article 85 of Law Number 3 of 2011 concerning Non-Corruption of Transport Funds and or Article 3, Article 4.

The suspect was also charged with Article 5 Juncto Article 10 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning Prevention and Eradication of Non-Corruption of Money Laundering and or Article 303 of the Criminal Code Juncto Article 55 Paragraph 1 to 1 of the Criminal Code with the threat of a maximum prison sentence of 20 years in prison.