Police Hunt Foreign National Controller in 1xBet Online Gambling Case, Four Arrested

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police (Polda Metro Jaya) have arrested four suspects and are hunting a foreign national controller in connection with the international online gambling network 1xBet. The arrests were made on Tuesday, 9 June 2026, with the suspects divided into three clusters: account collectors, operators and administrators, and the foreign controller who remains a wanted person (DPO).

AKBP Grawas Sugiharto, Head of Sub-Directorate IV of the Polda Metro Jaya Cyber Directorate, stated during a press conference on Tuesday (30/6/2026) that the first cluster operated in Cianjur, West Java, acting as account collectors. The second cluster, consisting of administrators and website operators, was based in Banjarmasin. The third cluster is the foreign controller currently located overseas.

The three suspects from the Banjarmasin cluster, identified by the initials SGR, AC, and WS, acted as admin coordinators responsible for receiving orders from the foreign national, identified as WN, who is now a fugitive. “WN, who is abroad, managed the transaction flows for the 1xBet gambling website through a chatting application,” Grawas explained.

From the Cianjur cluster, a suspect with the initials APS was responsible for coordinating and recruiting individuals to act as nominees or to create layered accounts for depositing and withdrawing gambling funds. Police have blocked a total of 75 bank accounts linked to the online gambling operation, with a total balance of Rp 119 million.

The total turnover generated by the four suspects from April 2025 to the present has been traced to more than Rp 2 billion. “That is more than Rp 2 billion, not including other layering accounts which we are still investigating, but for now we can confirm it is around Rp 2 billion,” Grawas concluded.

Evidence seized includes laptops, mobile phones, and 23 bank accounts installed on the suspects’ devices. The four suspects are charged under Article 45 paragraph (3) in conjunction with Article 27 paragraph (2) of Law Number 1 of 2024 concerning the Second Amendment to Law Number 11 of 2008 on Electronic Information and Transactions, and/or Article 426 and/or Article 427 and/or Article 607 paragraph (1) letters a, b, c, in conjunction with Article 20 and/or Article 21 of the Criminal Code.