Series of Bareskrim Crackdowns Reveals Online Gambling Cases with Billions in Seized Funds
The Directorate of Cyber Crime (Dittipidsiber) of Bareskrim Polri continues to crack down on online gambling (judol) cases that harm society and the national economy. Since the beginning of 2026, Bareskrim has seized billions in cash as evidence and arrested several suspects.
The latest development reported by Bareskrim involves a judol case with evidence worth Rp 55 billion. Bareskrim is preparing to hand over the case file to the Prosecutor’s Office.
“After the case file is declared complete or P21, we will immediately proceed to stage II, which involves handing over the suspects along with the evidence to the public prosecutor. The total evidence to be handed over consists of cash amounting to Rp 55 billion, which is the proceeds from online gambling activities,” said the Head of Subdirectorate I of Dittipidsiber Bareskrim Polri, Commissioner Rizki Prakoso, in his statement on Saturday (28/3/2026).
The investigation into this judol case began with Police Report No. LP/A/20/VI/2025/SPKT/BARESKRIM POLRI on 5 June 2025. In this case, several individuals have been named as suspects across three case files, namely suspect with initials MNF, suspect QF and associates, and suspect WK.
Through a letter dated 13 March 2026, the Attorney General’s Office of Indonesia declared that the case file meets both formal and material requirements. Following this declaration of completeness, the legal process now enters the stage of handing over the suspects and evidence.
According to Rizki, his team has conducted intensive coordination with the prosecutors to ensure the handover proceeds smoothly in accordance with applicable legal provisions.
The handover of the suspects and Rp 55 billion in evidence is scheduled for Tuesday, 31 March 2026, at the South Jakarta District Prosecutor’s Office.
Series of Judol Cases Uncovered by Bareskrim
The crackdown on the judol case with Rp 55 billion in evidence adds to the series of judol cases uncovered by Bareskrim’s Cyber Directorate. Prior to this, police have dismantled other judol cases as well.
One notable enforcement action by Bareskrim’s Cyber unit involved money laundering from judol, with seized cash worth Rp 58.1 billion. In handling this case, Bareskrim Polri applied Supreme Court Regulation (Perma) No. 1 of 2013. The Ministry of Finance views this as a breakthrough in law enforcement that optimises state revenues.
“The Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) appreciates the steps taken by Bareskrim Polri in applying Supreme Court Regulation (Perma) No. 1 of 2013 in handling online gambling (judol) cases. This step is considered a breakthrough in law enforcement that directly impacts the optimisation of state revenues,” said State Finance Analyst Expert Mid-level from the Ministry of Finance, Sunawan Agung Saksono, during a press conference at Bareskrim Polri, South Jakarta, on Thursday (5/3/2026).
For information, Supreme Court Regulation No. 1 of 2013 regulates the procedures for resolving applications for handling assets suspected to originate from money laundering offences or other criminal acts, particularly when suspects are not found or have not yet been designated. Bareskrim Polri has handed over Rp 58.1 billion related to judol money laundering for execution by prosecutors.
Sunawan also appreciated the collaboration from all parties supporting the execution of the seized judol funds in accordance with Perma No. 1 of 2013. According to Sunawan, this asset handover activity holds strategic significance in state financial management, particularly as part of functions to maintain public order and increase state revenues.
“Seized funds that have gained legal force and have been deposited into the state treasury are state assets that are subsequently recorded, booked, and managed as non-tax state revenues in accordance with applicable laws and regulations,” said Sunawan.
The Directorate of Cyber Crime Bareskrim Polri has handed over Rp 58.1 billion related to the judol money laundering case for execution by prosecutors. The funds were handed over because the case has attained final legal force (inkrah).
The Head of Dittipidsiber Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Himawan Bayu Aji, stated that this handover is an implementation of Supreme Court Regulation (Perma) 1 of 2013 on Procedures for Resolving Applications for Handling Assets in Money Laundering Cases or Other Criminal Acts.
“The Cyber Directorate of Bareskrim Polri is carrying out a strategic activity involving the handover of execution results for assets confiscated for the state,” said Himawan during a press conference at Bareskrim Polri, South Jakarta.
Himawan explained that the uncovering of the online gambling and money laundering cases stems from developments based on reports from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK). He said the report was followed up by Dittipidsiber Bareskrim Polri through blocking actions.
“We must emphasise that today’s asset execution is a concrete follow-up to the analysis result report (LHA) provided by PPATK to the Directorate of Cyber Crime Bareskrim Polri,” said Himawan.
Previously, Bareskrim’s Cyber unit also held a press conference on uncovering a judol case. Bareskrim seized stacks of cash totalling Rp 96.7 billion.
This amount came from the uncovering of an online gambling (judol) syndicate case and developments from Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (LHA PPATK) reports.
The details include seizures from judol websites amounting to Rp 59,126,460,631 and three PPATK LHA reports worth Rp 37,650,717,250.
“So two sources: one from the regular mechanism, meaning findings from cyber patrols that were followed up. That’s around Rp 58 billion something,” said Himawan during a press conference at the Bareskrim Polri Building, South Jakarta, on Thursday (8/1).
“Then the second source from PPATK LHA, which follows up on PPATK’s financial transaction analysis results, that’s around Rp 37 billion. So nearly Rp 96 billion something,” he continued.
Dittipidsiber Bareskrim Polri discovered 10 judol websites through cyber patrols. After further development, they found k