{"id":777008997,"date":"2023-09-06T07:44:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T10:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777008997"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:21:47","slug":"indonesia-31-arrested-over-illegal-gambling-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-31-arrested-over-illegal-gambling-platforms","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia: 31 arrested over illegal gambling platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Those arrested allegedly belonged to an illegal network that ran online gambling platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Indonesia.- Police in Bali have arrested\u00a0<strong>31 people<\/strong> suspected of operating an underground gambling syndicate. The organisation allegedly managed several online gambling platforms, including Hotel Slot 88, Cuan 88, Jaya Slot 28, Oscar 28, and Sera 77.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to West Island Blog, those arrested included team leaders, members of the telemarketing department and administrative personnel.\u00a0Police <strong>seized 240 computers and laptops<\/strong> and have frozen 58 bank accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspects face charges under Indonesia&#8217;s stringent Information Technology Law and Penal Code and possibly <strong>money laundering charges<\/strong>, carrying a maximum penalty of 20 years of imprisonment and up to a IDR100bn (US$6.5m) fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesian-police-warn-influencers-against-promoting-online-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indonesian police warn influencers against promoting online gambling<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those arrested allegedly belonged to an illegal network that ran online gambling platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Indonesian authorities in Bali have apprehended 31 individuals suspected of operating an illicit online gambling syndicate managing platforms such as Hotel Slot 88 and Cuan 88. The operation resulted in the seizure of 240 computers and the freezing of 58 bank accounts, with suspects facing severe charges under IT and Penal Codes, including potential money laundering.","focusai_entities":"Hotel Slot 88, Cuan 88, Jaya Slot 28, Oscar 28, Sera 77, West Island Blog","focusai_location":"Indonesia, Bali","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.85), affiliate_publisher (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact","query":"What are the broader implications of Indonesia's stringent enforcement actions on the potential for future regulated iGaming market development in Southeast Asia?"},{"label":"AML Effectiveness","query":"How effective are current regional AML frameworks in detecting and disrupting the financial flows of large-scale illegal online gambling syndicates, as evidenced by the freezing of 58 bank accounts?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777008997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777008997"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777009012,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008997\/revisions\/777009012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777008997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777008997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777008997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}