Bareskrim Dismantles Ujangbet Online Gambling Syndicate, Transactions Hit IDR 890 Billion

The Directorate of General Crimes at Bareskrim Polri has uncovered an online gambling case involving the website ‘Ujangbet’, which operated with servers located in Cambodia.

Dirtipidum Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Wira Satya Triputra, stated that investigators have arrested nine suspects in connection with the case, identified as AI, C, LS, KS, AV, S, N, TW and FW.

“The first crime scenes were in Grogol Petamburan, Kebon Jeruk, Kelapa Dua, Tangerang Regency, Pekanbaru City, Riau. Medan Johor and Medan City, North Sumatra, Titi Kuning, Medan Johor, Medan Kota District, and in Lubuk Baja District, Batam City, Riau Islands,” Wira said at Bareskrim Polri on Friday, 14 August 2026.

Wira further explained that the suspects’ modus operandi involved operating an online gambling site under the name Ujangbet, with servers known to be based in Cambodia.

“The domains used by the suspects in Indonesia, as well as deposit accounts, were provided by the suspects, who also supplied the telephone numbers listed on the website for making deposits,” Wira explained.

The deposits, which were converted into credit within the website, were then collected by administrators based in Cambodia. The accumulated credit was subsequently channelled through intermediaries in Indonesia who had connections with agents or distributors of mobile phone credit.

“The connected distributors were located in Batam, Medan and Pekanbaru. The credit was then sent back by the administrators or sold and converted back into rupiah, and purchased by agents or credit suppliers at prices far below those set by providers such as Telkomsel, XL and Indosat Ooredoo,” he said.

The suspects then disguised the proceeds of the online gambling operation by selling or transferring the credit to retailers. The credit purchased from the administrators was held by agents in Indonesia and bought at below-standard prices.