{"id":777030867,"date":"2025-08-27T08:30:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T11:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777030867"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:45:42","slug":"indonesia-seizes-us9-5m-linked-to-alleged-illegal-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-seizes-us9-5m-linked-to-alleged-illegal-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia seizes US$9.5m linked to alleged illegal online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Authorities have frozen more than 800 bank accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Indonesia.- Police have frozen Rp 154.3bn (US$9.5m) suspected of being linked to online gambling networks. The funds were in 811 bank accounts allegedly used to place wagers or store proceeds, according to the National Police\u2019s Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is strong suspicion that the funds originated from online gambling activities,\u201d senior commissioner Ferdy Saragih, head of Bareskrim\u2019s cybercrime unit, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation followed recommendations from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK), Indonesia\u2019s anti-money laundering watchdog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, the Financial Services Authority (OJK) ordered banks to block nearly 26,000 accounts suspected of links to online gambling<\/a> and to step up identity checks on account holders. Between 2023 and July 2025, over 25,000 accounts were flagged for possible links to gambling transactions worth around Rp 1tr ($61m).<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Indonesia orders freeze on over 17,000 bank accounts suspected of ties to online gambling<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Authorities have frozen more than 800 bank accounts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":777028668,"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 have frozen over 800 bank accounts containing Rp 154.3bn (US$9.5m) suspected of links to online gambling networks, following recommendations from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK). This action is part of a broader crackdown, with the Financial Services Authority (OJK) also ordering banks to block nearly 26,000 accounts and enhance identity checks to combat illicit financial flows.","focusai_entities":"National Police\u2019s Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim), Ferdy Saragih, Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK), Financial Services Authority (OJK)","focusai_location":"Indonesia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Efficacy?","query":"What specific enhancements to Indonesia's regulatory compliance and governance frameworks are anticipated to prevent future large-scale illicit online gambling operations and associated money laundering?"},{"label":"Financial Sector Impact?","query":"How will the Financial Services Authority (OJK) mandate for enhanced identity checks and account blocking impact the operational costs and compliance burden for Indonesian financial institutions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[24634,24819],"class_list":["post-777030867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-online-gambling","tag-indonesia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777030867","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\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777030867"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777030867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777030885,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777030867\/revisions\/777030885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777028668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777030867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777030867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777030867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}