Jakarta Police Breaks U.S. Online Gambling Ring

This week, the Indonesian National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar stated that the police cyber crimes raiding parties based in Bogor, West Java, broke an online poker gambling ring operated by US nationals.

The suspects, identified only as MD, OM, RF and HD, were arrested on Oct. 11 and have been charged with money laundering and operating poker online gambling through the .com domained websites nagaemas and jakarta.

The ring has been under investigation and surveillance since September and the raiding party evidence includes ATM cards, laptops, books containing information on gambling activities and mobile phones.