The Criminal Investigation Unit Investigates Alleged Presence Of Binomo Owner In Caribbean Islands

JAKARTA - The Criminal Investigation Police of the National Police will explore information regarding the whereabouts of the alleged owner of the Binomo platform in the Caribbean Islands. The investigation was carried out to thoroughly investigate the online gambling case under the guise of trading which had named Indra Kenz as a suspect.

"We are still investigating and developing Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) data related to IK (Indra Kenz, ed)," said Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division Kombes Gatot Repli Handoko when confirmed, Friday, March 18.

However, it did not elaborate further on the steps that would be taken to explore the results of the PPATK search.

According to Gatot, investigators will coordinate and exchange information with state institutions.

"We are still coordinating with PPATK," said Gatot.

PPATK received information about the whereabouts of the owner of the illegal trading platform Binomo. Search results also point to the Caribbean Islands.

From the search, it was also found that there were transactions in large numbers during September 2020 to December 2021. The nominal amount reached 7.9 million Euros.

The funds were detected to be transferred again with the final recipient, namely the entity that manages a number of online gambling sites. In fact, it is said to be affiliated with a gambling site in Russia.

The transaction was detected into bank accounts of several countries. The results were obtained after PPATK coordinated with the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) abroad.

"There is a significant outflow of funds abroad to bank accounts located in Belarus, Kazakhstan and Switzerland," said Head of PPATK Ivan Yustivandana.