PPATK Calls 1,000 DPR Members And DPRD Involved In Online Gambling, Money Turnover Up To Hundreds Of Billions

DPR Commission III Meeting With PPATK/PHOTO: Nailin In Saroh-VOI

JAKARTA - PPATK Head Ivan Yustiavandana said thousands of DPR members and DPRD were involved in online gambling. PPATK noted that there were around 63,000 transactions with a deposit value of almost Rp. 25 billion, and a round of money of up to hundreds of billions.

This information was conveyed by Ivan during a working meeting of the head of PPATK with Commission III of the DPR in Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday, June 26.

At first, Ivan explained about the position of PPATK in the Online Judi Eradication Task Force. PPATK conducts an analysis related to transactions that are strongly suspected of being related to online gambling.

"Indeed, the most massive developments occurred around 2019, 2020, 2021. In 2017 we found funds of around Rp. 2.1 trillion, then 2018 developed 100 percent, in 2019 3.85 percent grew more than 100 percent again. In 2020 to 15.77 percent, more than 100 percent grew in 2021 and then the most massive was 2021 to 2022, Rp. 57 trillion to Rp. 104 trillion. Then growing in 2023 alone we found a transaction figure related to this judol of Rp. 327 trillion," Ivan said in a meeting.

In the first quarter of this year, PPATK found transactions of more than Rp. 101 trillion related to online gambling. Of the number of transactions that are PPATK analysis, the total has reached 400 million transactions in 2024 alone.

"Until this month alone, we have found more than 60 million transactions. The question is whether this is related to all groups? Yes," explained Ivan.

Ivan then revealed various professions that have been involved in online gambling. One of them, legislative members both at the regional and central levels, has been found as many as 1,000 members of the DPR and DPRD.

"We are talking about professions, like Mr. Habiburokhman earlier, are there any central and regional legislatures? Yes, we found more than 1000 people," said Ivan.

Hearing this, Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the DPR, Habiburokhman, who previously asked PPATK to report data on members of the DPR who were involved in the judol, then urged Ivan and his staff to report to the DPR MKD. So that later the MKD will give sanctions to the members involved. "So, Mr. Ivan, the data shows that there is a legislative professional, maybe regarding the DPR RI, we have a DPR MKD, I am a member of the MKD as well as a coincidence, we ask for help to be given to MKD so that we can do what the arrest will be," said Habiburokhman.

PPATK confirmed that Ivan would immediately send data on a number of DPR members from 1,000 registered to Parliament. In fact, he said, the transaction of one member of the DPR / DPRD could reach billions of rupiah.

"Yes, we will send a letter later, so there are more than 1,000 people, the DPRD and the secretary general secretariat are there. Then the transactions we photographed were more than 63,000 transactions carried out by them and the rupiahs were almost Rp. 25 billion in each of them, from hundreds to billions to one person. a number of billions, "explained Ivan.

Ivan explained that the value of hundreds of billions is a round of money in online gambling transactions. Meanwhile, the value of Rp. 25 billion is the amount of each transaction where each person can make transactions of up to billions of rupiah.

"Each person can reach Rp25 billion," asked Habiburokhman.

"No, it's aggregate as a whole, it's a deposit. So if you look at the turnaround, it's up to hundreds of billions too," Ivan replied.