Bogor Police Arrest 2 Celebrities Promotion Of Online Gambling

Kasatreskrim Bogor City Police Commissioner Lutfi Olot Gigantara/ANTARA

BOGOR - Polresta Bogor Kota, Polda Jawa Baratmeringkus dua selebgram berinisial LA (19 tahun) dan R (23) yang mempromosikan judionline.

Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Bogor City Police, Kompol Lutfi Olot Gigantara, revealed that LA and R were arrested at different times. Both were arrested from the results of the cyber patrol of the Special Team for Eradicating Online Gambling at the Bogor City Police.

"From the cyber patrols we carried out, it was revealed that LA had uploaded two gamblingline sites since 2023, from his confession that someone in question was contacted via Instagram," Lutfi said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, July 1.

From the results of uploading online gambling sites, he continued, LA managed to get a profit with a contract value of Rp. 10 million for two months. LA was arrested on June 27, 2024, on Jalan Pajajaran.

"On the other hand, the person concerned also uploaded an exciting video, selling it via VCS," he explained.

As a result of his actions, LA was charged with multiple articles, namely Article 45 paragraph 3 of the Republic of Indonesia Law in 2024 concerning gambling content, with a fine of Rp. 10 billion and the threat of imprisonment for 10 years, and related to uploading immoral videos into Article 27 of the ITE Law, which carries a penalty of 10 years.

Lutfi revealed that the perpetrator with the initials R was arrested on June 30, 2024 on Jalan Pajajaran based on the results of cyber patrols. R has been promoting online gambling sites since 2023, with a profit of IDR 2.5 million per month.

"From R's confession, he was contacted directly by an online site via Instagram named @Indonesiaviral. Currently, we are also investigating the Instagram account to check the whereabouts of the admin for us to make efforts to arrest him," he explained.

Lutfi said R, who also works in a restaurant, promotes online gambling sites because of economic motives. Among other things, to pay monthly boarding fees.

"Article that is suspected to be the same, Article 45 of the 2024 ITE Law carries a threat of 10 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 10 billion," he said.