Posting IG Story Promote Online Gambling, Selebgam In Temanggung, Central Java Arrested

The police showed evidence in the case of a celebrity promoting online gambling. ANTARA/Heru Suyitno

The Temanggung Resort Police (Polres) arrested a celebrity with the initials FD for allegedly promoting online gambling.

The arrests were made at FD's residence in the rented house of Kampung Pandesari, Parakan Wetan Village, Temanggung Regency, Central Java (Central Java).

"The perpetrator posted a story containing online gambling on the perpetrator's Instagram account (IG) and received a salary from the provider of the gambling site," said Head of the Temanggung Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Adjunct Commissioner of Police Didik Tri Wibowo in Temanggung, Tuesday, August 13, as reported by Antara.

He explained, on June 30, 2024, the perpetrators received an offer message via Instagram DM for endorsement or promoting online gambling sites. The FD perpetrators received the offer for two of their Instagram accounts.

"On the same day he got instructions to upload a story containing the gambling site link. After he uploaded it, he then got a money transfer to the Sea Bank account," he said.

Kasatreskrim said that on June 30, 2024, the perpetrators received a payment of Rp. 150,000, then on July 15, 2024 they received Rp. 300,000, on July 23, 2024 they received Rp. 300,000, and on August 6, 2024 they received Rp. 600,000.

"The perpetrators of FD routinely upload stories by attaching links to the online gambling site. Every day with a total of two stories until Friday, August 9, 2024, at around 12.30 WIB, he was arrested by officers from the Temanggung Police," he said.

From the perpetrators of FD, the police confiscated evidence in the form of a red IPhone XR smartphone.

AKP Didik said that the perpetrators were threatened with Article 45 paragraph (3) in conjunction with Article 27 paragraph (2) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 1 of 2024 concerning the Second Amendment to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions and or Article 303 paragraph (1) number 2e of the Criminal Code, with a maximum imprisonment of ten years and/or a maximum fine of Rp. 10 billion.