Online Gambling Syndicate At Cengkareng Luxury House Recorded Money Turnover Of Up To IDR 21 Billion Per Day

West Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes M Syahduddi/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA A luxury house in the Cengkareng area, West Jakarta was raided by the Central Jakarta Metro Police. The results of the temporary inspection revealed that the house was occupied by the perpetrator as the base for renting an online gambling activity account book.

The raids were carried out since last Thursday, November 7 and Friday, November 8, this morning at around 08.00 WIB.

West Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Kombes M. Syahduddi said the total suspects arrested were 8 people with the initials RS (31), DAP (27), Y (44), ME (21), RF (28), RH (29), AR (22), and RD (28).

In addition to arresting the perpetrators, the police also confiscated a number of evidences used in this operation, including laptops, monitors, ATM cards, cellphones, printers, and bubble wrap.

All suspects and evidence have now been secured at the West Jakarta Metro Police for further investigation.

"The main suspect with the initials RS, has been running the account rental business since 2022 until now it has been last secured," said Kombes Syahduddi when confirmed, Friday, November 8.

In their action, the suspects sent packages containing cellphones and e-banking applications to Cambodia, where the account was used as a shelter for online gambling transactions by operators who are also Indonesian citizens.

In this case, the suspect is divided into 3 clusters. The first cluster is participants, namely residents who rent their accounts for use in online gambling transactions.

The second cluster is the participants who are tasked with recruiting residents to rent out their accounts.

The third cluster is the main suspect, RS, who arranged the collection and delivery of the account books to Cambodia.

"During the two and a half years of operation, the hospital sent more than 1,081 delivery receipts containing two cellphones each with two e-banking applications," he said.

It is estimated that there are more than 4,324 accounts used for this activity, with a circulation value estimated at IDR 21 billion per day.

In addition, the results of urine tests on the suspects showed that six of the eight suspects were positive for methamphetamine.