TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian Police’s Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) Cyber Crime Directorate has confiscated Rp142 billion in money laundering proceeds linked to online gambling. Brigadier General Himawan Bayu Aji, Director of Cyber Crime at Bareskrim, stated that the funds were recovered from a total of 359 accounts.
He noted that this follow-up action was conducted as an implementation of Supreme Court Regulation (Perma) No. 1 of 2013 concerning Procedures for Settling Applications for Handling Assets in Money Laundering or Other Crimes. Thus, no perpetrators or suspects have been named in this specific asset seizure.
"So, there are no suspects because these are nominee accounts, not used directly by the gambling perpetrators, but rather by nominees," he explained during a press conference at the Bareskrim building on Thursday, March 5, 2026.
The police have frozen 5,961 bank accounts suspected of housing online gambling funds totaling Rp255 billion. This freeze follows the processing of 51 Analysis Reports (LHA) submitted by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) throughout 2025.
He clarified that the LHAs provided by PPATK originated from transactions across 132 online gambling sites. "The total temporary suspension amounts to Rp255,757,671,888 from 5,961 accounts," Himawan said.
Himawan detailed that out of the 51 LHAs submitted, his office has followed up on 27 police reports. Eleven of the remaining 21 LHAs are currently still under investigation.
He added that Rp1,678,002,710 from 40 accounts remains blocked at this time. Meanwhile, Rp58,183,165,803 has been deposited into the state treasury via the Attorney General's Office as of today. These funds resulted from seizures related to 16 police reports from 20 final and binding legal statements (LHA). "This amount was recovered from 133 accounts," he said.
One LHA has been resolved through the standard mechanisms of the Criminal Code (KUHP) and the ITE Law. "And nine LHAs are still under investigation."
In executing these measures, his office is collaborating with banks, particularly regarding prevention functions. They hope financial institutions will tighten account opening procedures by strictly and comprehensively implementing the Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering principles.
Banks are urged to maintain early detection systems to limit the operational scope of perpetrators attempting to abuse the national financial system. Both parties agreed that the examination of scattered accounts used by gambling rings could be centralized at bank headquarters. "No accounts should be used for online gambling operations," he concluded.
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