DENPASAR - The Directorate of Cyber Investigation of the Bali Regional Police has uncovered an international online gambling practice controlled from Cambodia and involving three students.
"From the results of the initial examination of the suspects, the modus operandi of these people is actually part of the people or perpetrators who fled from the activities or activities of judulonlinedi in Cambodia. So, they came to Bali to carry out their activities again by moving places," said the Director of Cyber Investigation of the Bali Police, Kombes Aszhari Kurniawan, as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, April 29.
The suspects, who claimed to still be students, namely IJT alias Gisel (23), RFT alias Selena (22), and MGB alias Aleta (22) who played a role as a telemarketer. All three are students from Manado.
In addition, the suspect WAB alias Guang Yun (31) from Jakarta who played the role of customer service.
Accompanied by the Head of Public Relations of the Bali Police, Commissioner General of Police Ariasandy, iamenjelaskan tersangka Gisel dan Guang Yun merupakan pemain lama yang pernah bekerja di Filipina dan Kamboja.
They returned to Indonesia after their overseas workplaces were raided by local police and chose Bali as their new base since January 2026.
In carrying out their actions, the perpetrators contacted 300-400 Indonesian citizen phone numbers every day to offer download links for online gambling applications.
With the lure of an initial bonus, they recruited players to top up through various virtual accounts of National Bank.
The suspects managed the online gambling sites KETUA.CO and GN77.
Aszhari said the disclosure of the case began with a cyber patrol conducted by the Bali Police's Ditresiber against the alleged practice of online gambling and found several online title sites, including the Chairman.co portal and also GN77.
After being investigated, the Bali Police went to the place where the suspects were suspected of practicing gambling on Jalan Pratama, Gang Hasan, Number 3 Benoa, South Kuta District, Badung Regency, Bali, on Sunday, April 12, 2026, at around 15.44 WITA.
From the crime scene, the police secured four suspected perpetrators until they were finally named as suspects.
The motive for the suspect to be involved in the international gambling network is because of economic reasons.
"These perpetrators are operating this online judulonline in Bali because they are certainly tempted by the salary for the daily lives of the perpetrators," he said.
The evidence seized was four units of laptop devices and five HP units.
The perpetrators were charged with Article 426 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code (KUHP) with a threat of imprisonment of up to 9 years.
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