Riau Police Delegates Cases Of Online Gambling Affiliators With Billions Of Rupiah Turnover To The Prosecutor's Office

Ditreskrimsus Polda Riau when disclosing cases of online gambling affiliates with turnover reaching Rp. 100 million per week. (ANTARA/Annisa Firdausi)

Riau Police handed over the case file for the investigation of the suspect in the online gambling affiliate case with the initials AG (31). The case of the affiliate with the order of billions of rupiah was transferred to the local prosecutor's office.

"The files have been submitted to the prosecutor's office," said Head of Sub-Directorate V Cyber Ditreskrimsus of the Riau Police, Kompol Fajri, in Pekanbaru, Thursday.

Fajri said the files were transferred about a week ago. Currently, his party is still waiting for instructions from the prosecutor who examined the case file.

"Later, if the file is declared complete (P-21) or stage II, we will inform the suspect and evidence to the Public Prosecutor (JPU)," he said.

Previously, AG, who is an online gambling affiliate, was arrested at his home on Jalan Nurkamila, Marpoyan Damai, Riau, September 15.

Deputy Dirkrimsus AKBP Iwan P Manurung in disclosing the case said that his party had confiscated assets belonging to AG which reached Rp57.7 billion.

AG and his luxury assets were secured by the police, namely five luxury cars, two luxury motorbikes, two boarding houses and a set of computers used to work as affiliates.

"AG has been operating since 2016. He can get turnover of up to Rp. 100 million per week. The total assets of AG that we have committed in the crime of money laundering (TPPU) are Rp. 57.7 billion," he said.

Furthermore, he explained, AG itself made a website put a referral link used to play gambling. AG will benefit from every player who plays through the referrals it places on the website.

"The suspect created an IP addres for an online gambling account and spread a network website similar to a number of online gambling sites and put a referral link," said Wadir.