inp.polri.go.id – The Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimsus) of the Lampung Police, managed to secure two influencers and 25 admins as suspects in an online gambling case.
"The two influencers that we have secured are ASR and AYP," stated Lampung Deputy Chief of Police, Brigadier General Subiyanto, during a press conference at the GSG Presisi Hall of the Lampung Police Headquarters, Tuesday (26/07/22).
ASR was arrested on 14th July, 2022 in the Bandarlampung area, while AYP was arrested on 21st July, 2022 in the Banyumanik District, Semarang, Central Java.
After the arrest of the two influencers, the case was then continue to be developed, andpersonnel from the Sub-Directorate of Cyber Ditreskrimsus mananged to made an arrest in the Panongan area, Tangerang, Banten, at a shophouse on Citra Raya Boulevard street. On their raid, the Cyber team managed to secure 25 marketing admins of Jitu Online Gambling 189, Mawar 189, and Vivamaster 78.
"So in total, we have arrested 27 people," said the Akabri graduate in 1988.
The Deputy Chief of Lampung Police adds that the 27 suspects has their own respective roles. In their operation, some of them will search the influencers who wants to promote their online gambling sites, then after they found the two influencers, they will promote the online gambling. There are also the leader of the online gambling sites in one of those 27 suspects, along with the staff marketing.
In disclosing the case, the police also secured the evidenceof 21 PC, three wifi routers, one finger print, an instagram account with the username of abdiiyy, Whatsapp account with the phonenumber of 087796660166, an email account with the username of, four screenshots of Whatsapp chat rooms, three screenshot of instagram posts, an instagram account with the username of iyakiyok, one simcard, and an email with the username of heloiyok@gmail.com.
Subiyanto explained that the suspects will be charged with online gambling criminal law as referred to in Article 27 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 45 paragraph (2) of the Republic of Indonesia Law no. 19/2016 concerning Amendments to Law No.11/2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions, with a maximum penalty of six years of imprisonment and/or a maximum fine of of Rp1,000,000,000.