JAKARTA - Two youths with the initials NA (27) and RI (25) were arrested by members of the West Jakarta Metro Police Satreskrim for operating an online gambling site (Judol) in the Rawa Lele area, Pegadungan, West Jakarta.
The two suspects mobilized various judol sites called Harta77, Mwin, Jiwa4D, Gudang Toto, Mega88, to Ares77.
In this cyber crime, the suspect NA acted as the owner of the site as well as the recipient of the flow of funds. Meanwhile, RL acts as an operator and admin.
West Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Kombes Twedi Aditya Bennyahdi said the two perpetrators were running this illegal business by distributing spam messages containing promotions of gambling sites to various random numbers through the telegram application.
"The profits from online gambling are divided equally. During the three months of operation, the perpetrators claimed to have pocketed around Rp. 100 million, with an average income of Rp. 1.5 million per day," said Kombes Twedi, Thursday, September 25, 2025.
The money from the gambling crime was collected through a bank account, then transferred to the digital wallet application.
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From his confession, the two perpetrators learned to make sites and coding independently after graduating from SMK.
"They do it on the basis of personal and economic desires, without any other network helping," he said.
Meanwhile, the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the West Jakarta Metro Police, AKBP Arfan Zulkan Sipayung, explained that this case was uncovered thanks to cyber patrols.
"So, we checked from the crime scene itself in Rawa Lele or in Kalideres, they have their own servers," he said.
The advantages of this activity are divided into two by the suspects. Both were charged with Article 303 of the Criminal Code concerning gambling, as well as Article 45 Paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 27 Paragraph 2 of the ITE Law, with a penalty of up to 10 years in prison.
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