{"id":777040477,"date":"2026-04-14T09:19:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777040477"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:34:24","slug":"indonesia-claims-over-33000-bank-accounts-blocked-for-online-gambling-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesia-claims-over-33000-bank-accounts-blocked-for-online-gambling-links","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia claims over 33,000 bank accounts blocked for online gambling links"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

More accounts have been frozen after being flagged by banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Indonesia.- The Financial Services Authority, Otoritas Jasa Keuangan<\/strong> (OJK), says it has frozen 33,252 bank accounts<\/strong> suspected of being linked to illicit betting operations. That’s up from 32,556 on the last count<\/a> as part of the campaign launched in 2024 to curb the growth of illegal online gambling, known as \u201cjudol.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Dian Ediana Rae<\/strong>, Chief Executive of Banking Supervision at the OJK, the blocked accounts were identified through enhanced due diligence<\/strong> (EDD) procedures that require banks to analyse transaction data and report suspicious activity potentially linked to gambling platforms. Following additional verification, the OJK can issue orders to freeze the accounts involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The regulator has taken enforcement action against financial institutions themselves. Between January and March 2026, six rural banks (BPRs) saw their licences revoked.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Indonesia freezes US$15m allegedly linked to 132 online gambling sites<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More accounts have been frozen after being flagged by banks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":777028000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) in Indonesia has frozen 33,252 bank accounts suspected of links to illicit online gambling, an increase from previous counts, as part of a 2024 campaign. These actions stem from enhanced due diligence by banks, leading also to the revocation of licenses for six rural banks for non-compliance.","focusai_entities":"Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK), Dian Ediana Rae","focusai_location":"Indonesia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"EDD Criteria Impact?","query":"What are the specific criteria and implementation challenges for 'enhanced due diligence' that led to these account freezes, and how are financial institutions adapting?"},{"label":"Rural Bank Impact?","query":"How will the OJK's enforcement actions, including license revocations for rural banks, impact the broader financial services landscape and access to capital in Indonesia?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[25174,24634,24819,25213],"class_list":["post-777040477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-crackdown","tag-illegal-online-gambling","tag-indonesia","tag-ojk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040477","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=777040477"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040496,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040477\/revisions\/777040496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777028000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777040477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777040477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777040477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}