JAKARTA - Polda Metro Jaya has dismantled an online gambling, digital pornography, gambling disguised as a game arena, and money laundering crime (TPPU) network. In the disclosure, investigators traced the flow of funds from criminal acts with a transaction value of hundreds of billions of rupiah.
The Commissioner of Metro Jaya Police, Inspector General of Police Asep Edi Suheri, said the largest disclosure related to alleged online gambling, digital pornography, and TPPU through the HOT51 application.
"The first cluster, the Metro Jaya Police revealed allegations of gambling, digital pornography, and money laundering through the HOT51 application," Asep said at a press conference at the Metro Jaya Meeting Hall (BPMJ), Metro Jaya Police, South Jakarta, Friday (26/6/2026).
In this case, the police named eight individuals and five corporations as suspects. In addition, a foreign citizen (WNA) from China is on the wanted list (DPO).
According to Asep, the HOT51 application is suspected of being used as a means of online gambling as well as providing live streaming services containing pornography. Investigators also found the use of shell companies to disguise the flow of funds from crime.
Apart from the HOT51 case, the Metro Jaya Police revealed gambling practices disguised as a game arena at Disney Time Zone, Jembatan Tiga area, Penjaringan, North Jakarta, as well as Sky Time Zone in Kalideres, West Jakarta.
In this case, the police named 69 people as suspects, consisting of three owners or organizers, 19 employees, and 47 players.
"From these two locations, the turnover of gambling practices is estimated to reach Rp. 2.1 billion per month," said Asep.
The police confiscated cash of around IDR 1.31 billion, gold weighing 21.95 grams, three safes, game vouchers, and 39 gambling machines. Meanwhile, in the HOT51 case, investigators blocked 118 accounts and virtual accounts and confiscated cash of IDR 14.96 billion, corporate documents, and electronic evidence.
Director of Criminal Investigation of the Polda Metro Jaya Police, Kombes Pol Iman Imanuddin, said that the investigation into the HOT51 network lasted for four months. From the four cases revealed, the police named 13 individual suspects and five corporations as suspects.
"Of these, 12 suspects have been arrested, while one foreign national is still in the DPO status," said Iman.
He explained that the syndicate used payment service providers (*payment gateway*) and dozens of nominee companies (*nominee company*) to accommodate and disguise the flow of gambling funds.
"The modus operandi used by this network is to ask and finance local residents to establish dozens of fictitious shell companies to open deposit accounts for gambling deposits," he said.
Investigators then traced the flow of funds with the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), Bank Indonesia, the Financial Services Authority (OJK), the Ministry of Communication and Digital (Komdigi), and a number of experts.
The results of the investigation showed that the value of transactions managed by the network reached IDR 559,848,693,338.
In this case, the police also named five corporations as suspects, namely PT HSR, PT PDN, PT MDS, PT CDS, and PT IDI.
Iman emphasized that the practice of gambling and digital pornography is an organized transnational crime that has an impact on economic losses, increasing crime rates, and mental health disorders in the community.
"Polda Metro Jaya is fully committed to continue to enforce the law aggressively and proactively. We will not hesitate to take firm action against anyone involved, ranging from field operators, crime masterminds, foreign nationals, to corporations that are proven to be involved," he said.
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