Inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta.  The Indonesian National Police (Polri) blocked 576 bank accounts linked to online gambling, freezing funds totaling Rp 63.7 billion ($3.9 million).

“Up to August 2025, we followed up on eight analysis reports from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center and 41 intelligence reports from the Economic Crimes Directorate. From there, we identified 5,920 suspicious accounts, with 576 accounts now blocked,” said Brigadier General Himawan Bayu Aji, the Director of Cybercrime at the INP’s Criminal Investigation Agency, during a press briefing on Wednesday (27/8/2025).

In addition, investigators seized Rp 90.6 billion ($5.5 million) from 235 accounts. Several case files have been submitted to Jakarta courts, with three already resulting in verdicts ordering Rp16.4 billion ($1 million) in illicit funds forfeited to the state.

The INP confirmed that court rulings now recognize online gambling as a predicate offense for money laundering, setting a new legal precedent. 

(mg/inp/pr/rs)