At The House Of Representatives Commission III Meeting, PPATK Called 312 Online Judicial Accounts With A Value Of Rp. 836 Billion Has Been Cooled

PPATK Chairman Ivan Yustiavandana/Nailin/VOI

JAKARTA - The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) reported the flow of online gambling funds in Indonesia to Commission III of the DPR RI. PPATK said that as many as 312 accounts had been successfully frozen in 2022. "So the total transactions that have been frozen by PPATK in 2022 alone have 312 accounts, they contain Rp. 836 billion," said PPATK Chairman Ivan Yustiavandana at a meeting at the Senayan Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Tuesday, September 13. Ivan stated that online gambling is one of the focuses of his institution. So far, he said, PPATK has received reports and analyzed 122 million transactions related to online gambling. "That's a total of IDR 155,459,000,000,000, so it's really big. Regarding online gambling, PPATK has actually been doing an analysis with online gambling for a long time, and the findings are already very large," said Ivan. In addition, PPATK also investigated the flow of online gambling funds suspected of going in and out of unscrupulous police officers. Ivan said, so far there have been 500 accounts frozen and have been reported to the Police. However, he did not explain the total amount of money coming from the 500 accounts. "We are still conducting an analysis and we have coordinated with the Police and we have conveyed some information to the Police. We have frozen nearly 500 accounts, right," said Ivan. Ivan revealed that the 500 frozen accounts were not fully flowed into police officers from online gambling results. There are also students in it to civil servants. "No, all people. There are all IRT elements, student students, private persons, civil servants," he said.