ANALISIS YURIDIS PENGGUNAAN MATA UANG VIRTUAL (BITCOIN) SEBAGAI SARANA TINDAK PIDANA PENCUCIAN UANG (MONEY LAUNDERING)

Abstract

Rapid technological developments bring progress in almost all aspects of human
life. In line with the development in this era of globalization, developed also economic
activities that occur in society. One means of payment that developed recently is virtual
money. Virtual money then started to become a phenomenon in society since the
emergence of crypto currency (Cryptocurrency) as a manifestation of technological
developments in e-commerce activities .. In Indonesia Bitcoin has also been growing
very rapidly, according to one of the exchanger (provider of exchange services, purchase
, sending and receiving of Bitcoin) in Indonesia, namely PT.Bitcoin Indonesia through its
Web page (indodax.com), during the period early 2015 to mid 2018,
unfortunately, Along with the development of the virtual currency Bitcoin in
Indonesia, there is no regulation governing the use and protection of the law against the
Bitcoin in Indonesia in eksplisitTidak any special arrangements to Bitcoin is certainly an
impact on the users of Bitcoin itself, since Bitcoin itself is very vulnerable Cracking of
the offenses, hacking and various cybercrime (cybercrime). EvenExecutive Director of
the Communications Department of Bank Indonesia, Agusman as reported in a written
statement print media Tempo, Saturday, January 13, 2018 to give a statement that
"Bitcoin prone to be used as a means of money laundering and financing of terrorism
(Syberterorism), so it can affect the stability of the financial system and harm the
public.
In Indonesia Money Laundering set in Act No. 8 of 2010 on the Prevention and
Combating of Money Laundering Act, but the Act Such Not Set in eksplisif to the use of
virtual currency (Bitcoin) as a means of laundering money. Though filled fromThe
emergence of cases using virtual currency (Bitcoin) as ingredients abroad makes this
crime as a new threat that must be anticipated as early as possible. As well as the
Number of Users And Values Bitcoin transactions are increasing every year in Indonesia.
In this case, need to be analyzed further forms of prevention and penindakanya.
Keywords: Virtual Currency – Bitcoin - Crime - Money Laundering