Bareskrim Dismantles SLOT8278 Online Gambling Network, Money Turnover Reaches IDR 685 Billion

Director of Cyber Crime at Bareskrim Polri Brigadier General Himawan Bayu Aji/DOK Polri

The National Police Criminal Investigation Unit dismantled the online gambling network SLOT8278 which was controlled from China. The circulation of money on the gambling site reached Rp685 billion.

"The Directorate of Cyber Transfer of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has succeeded in uncovering the criminal act of online gambling on the SLOT8278 website," said Director of Cyber Crime at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency Brigadier General Himawan Bayu Aji to reporters, Tuesday, October 8.

The online gambling case was revealed on October 1. Seven people were named as suspects, one of whom had the initials QF being a foreign national (WNA) from China.

The QF suspect is or acts as a director of payment services on the online gambling network.

Meanwhile, the other six suspects had the initials RA, IMM, AF, FH, RAP, and HJ. In the network, all of them play a role in payment service providers.

"Website slot 8278 is a gambling site controlled by Chinese citizens and the server location is in China," he said.

The results of the investigation and examination of the suspects, the SLOT8278 online gambling site does not only operate in Indonesia. But in several other Asian countries such as Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam.

"This site attracts players from Indonesia by providing various types of online gambling games, including Fortune Tiger, Magic Whale, Domino Poker, Gate of Olympus or slots, shooting fish, and other online gambling games," said Himawan.

Not only that, it is also known that the money input on the site reaches hundreds of billions. This figure is obtained from the accumulated results for two years.

"Website SLOT8278 operates since September 2022 with a circulation of Rp. 685,500,000,000," he said.

In the disclosure, a number of electronic items such as laptops, dozens of cellphones, and Ipad were confiscated as evidence. In fact, there was cash worth IDR 6.055 billion.

In this case, the suspects were charged with Article 45 Paragraph 3 in conjunction with Article 27 Paragraph 2 of Law Number 1 of 2024 concerning the second amendment to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning information and electronic transactions and or Article 82 and or Article 85 of Law Number 3 of 2011 concerning criminal acts of transfer of funds and or Article 3 Article 4 in conjunction with Article 10 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the prevention and eradication of the crime of money laundering and or Article 303 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph 1 to 1 of the Criminal Code with a maximum imprisonment of 20 years in prison.