Indonesia e-pay platform OVO blocks 7,000 gambling-linked wallets

Public reporting flagged thousands of suspicious accounts.

Indonesia.- The e-wallet provider OVO has frozen more than 7,000 user wallets found to be linked to online gambling. News agency Antara reported that the blocks were carried out under the Joint Movement to Uncover Online Gambling (Gebuk Judol), a public-private initiative involving the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi), the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) and crowdsourced reporting.

OVO Chief Operating Officer Eddie Martono said the programme’s results had been “quite good,” noting that two waves of public reporting this year produced 11,000 alerts and led to 4,500 account freezes. He said the accuracy rate of public submissions was 91 per cent and that gambling-related transactions on the platform have dropped by as much as 97 per cent.

All forms of gambling are illegal in Indonesia, but online casinos remain widespread, prompting the government to intensify enforcement in recent years. Enforcement has extended to state institutions and unannounced checks on the mobile phones of junior staff at prisons.

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Public reporting flagged thousands of suspicious accounts. Indonesia.- The e-wallet provider OVO has frozen more than 7,000 user wallets found to be linked to online gambling. News agency Antara reported…