Riau Islands Police Reveals The 'Joytogel' Online Gambling Case, Evidence Of HP And 5 Operator Savings Books Secured

An online gambling operator secured by the Riau Islands Police (ANTARA/HO Public Relations of the Riau Islands Police)

RIAU - The Sub-Directorate Team of Cyber Ditreskrimsus of the Riau Islands Police revealed an online gambling case with the 'Joyotogel' website in Tanjung Pinang, Riau Islands.

"The team arrested one suspect with the initials E, who is the operator and customer service for the online gambling," said Head of Public Relations of the Riau Islands Police, Kombes Harry Goldenhardt in Batam, Riau Islands, Antara, Friday, August 19.

Harry explained that the disclosure of this case began with routine patrols carried out by personnel of the Sub-Directorate V of Cyber Ditreskrimsus of the Riau Islands Police. From the patrol carried out, a website with the name Joyotogel was found with the URL HTTPS://178.62.85.20XXX/.

From these findings, then the Sub-Directorate V Cyber Team conducted a series of profiling on the website.

The profiling results get the number 0813-6498-XXXX which is used to make a deposit on the website account.

"In addition, the Joyotogel website offers various types of online gambling games, such as Roulette, Dice 6, Sicbo, Poker Dice, 12D, 24D, Billiard, Poker Dice and various other games," said Harry.

From the results of the investigation, the number 0813-6498-XXXX is known to be in Tanjung Pinang City, Riau Islands Province. Furthermore, the Sub-Directorate V Cyber Team of the Riau Islands Police Ditreskrimsus conducted a search for the perpetrators who were in Sei Jang Village, Bukit Bestari District, Tanjung Pinang City.

"When the arrest was made, the perpetrator was in a shophouse in the area and the perpetrator with the initial E was arrested and then taken to the Riau Islands Police for further examination," he said.

The evidence secured was 4 units of mobile phones of various brands, 5 savings books from various banks, and several ATM cards, 1 CPU unit, 1 monitor unit, 1 keyboard unit, and 1 mouse unit.

For his actions, the perpetrator is subject to Article 45 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 27 paragraph (2) of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Amendments to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions or Article 303 paragraph (1) to (1) Criminal Code and/or Article 55 paragraph (1) to (1) Criminal Code Article 45 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 27 paragraph (2).

"With a maximum imprisonment of 6 years or a maximum fine of Rp. 1,000,000,000.00 or Article 303 paragraph (1) to (1) with a maximum imprisonment of 4 years or a maximum fine of Rp. 10,000,000.00," said Harry. .