Bareskrim Seizes IDR 154 Billion After Blocking Hundreds of Accounts Allegedly Affiliated with Online Gambling

Illustration of online gambling (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The National Police Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim Polri) has blocked 811 accounts suspected of being affiliated with online gambling (judol). These accounts contain funds totaling IDR 154.3 billion.

The Head of Sub-Directorate 2 of Cyber ​​Crimes, Directorate of Cyber ​​Crimes, Senior Commissioner Ferdy Saragih, stated that the freezing of hundreds of accounts was a follow-up to the Analysis Report (LHA) from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK).

"We are following up on the LHA from PPATK through the investigative mechanism in accordance with Supreme Court Regulation Number 1 of 2013. There is a strong suspicion that the source of these funds is from online gambling," said Saragih in a statement on Tuesday, August 26.

In detail, 576 accounts with a total value of IDR 63.7 billion were frozen. Another 235 accounts worth IDR 90.6 billion were seized.

This blocking and seizure is not the final step. The National Police will continue to pursue the perpetrators and networks behind these online gambling crimes.

"We will continue to take action against accounts linked to online gambling. This demonstrates our commitment to ridding the digital space of illegal practices," said Ferdy.

Regarding the complete series of account blockages and subsequent actions, the Criminal Investigation Agency's Cyber ​​Crimes Directorate plans to hold a press conference in the near future.