Bid TIK Polda Kepri – Surabaya. East Java Regional Police arrested six suspects linked to an international online gambling and money laundering syndicate.
“The suspects had well-defined roles in operating online gambling and laundering illicit funds,” said Superintendent Charles P. Tampubolon, the East Java Police head of Sub Directorate V Cyber Crime on Thursday.
The suspects, identified as MAS (22) and MWF (18) from Banyuwangi, acted as promoters, luring new players and advertising gambling sites on social media. Meanwhile, suspects STK (48) from Malang and PY (40) from Surabaya provided bank accounts to handle players’ deposits, according to antaranews.com.
Suspects EC (43) and ES (47) from West Jakarta operated as directors of fake companies used to obscure financial traces and facilitate money laundering.
The syndicate converted criminal proceeds into foreign currency via legal entities to conceal the funds’ origins. Authorities seized over Rp 4 billion in cash, computers, 49 phones, 375 ATM cards, bank books, corporate documents, and transfer slips.
