Kos-kosan Di Matraman Jadi Sarang Judi Online Selama 3 Bulan, Omzet Ratusan Juta Satu Hari

East Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Kombes Leo Simarmata/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - The online gambling nest in Matraman, which was raided by the East Jakarta Metro Police, is allegedly affiliated with an online gambling network in one of Asia. The online gambling nest in Matraman is known to the police to have been operating for 3 months.

Dari hasil pemeriksaan 10 orang tersangka yang ditangkap Satreskrim Polres Metro Jakarta Timur, beberapa diketahui pernah bekerja di salah satu negara di Asia sebagai operator judi online.

Because he has mastered the operating pattern of online gambling, the suspect then opened an online gambling business in the Matraman area, East Jakarta.

"They are boarding houses. They live in boarding houses (which are used as nests for online gambling) in the Matraman area, East Jakarta," said East Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Nicolas Ary Lilipaly when confirmed by VOI, Thursday, February 8.

During their three months of operation in Matraman, the suspects earned up to hundreds of millions of turnover per day. Of the 10 suspects have different roles.

"The results of the investigation for 2 weeks, finally we succeeded in uncovering and thwarting the online gambling practice. The results of this disclosure are from the existence of information from residents and the results of investigations and developments," he said.

Of the 10 suspects with the initials ALM (24), AH (31), AGS (30), APU (24), BER (31), FD (24), RMAI (24), SQ (23), SN (20) and YY (21) who were arrested, in their action they used Facebook social media for online gambling promotions.

The modus operandi of the suspects is by posting a game that is at stake on the Facebook group, then the interested potential players immediately send inboks to the Facebook account that posted the game.

The perpetrator who holds the Facebook account gives the Whatsapp number operated by the admin. Furthermore, the admin directs and teaches potential players to create an account. After the account is made, the player is directed to make a capital deposit to the account listed on the online gambling link.

After success, the perpetrators will get a fee from the dealer of Rp. 30,000 per account that has made initial capital deposits. Evidence confiscated, there are 14 units of computer pc, 4 units of cellphones and 2 atm cards.