This Couple Was Arrested By The Police For Embezzling Hotel Carpet Money Of IDR 536 Million

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JAKARTA - The husband and wife couple (Pasutri) with the initials DZ (63) and LNS (57) were arrested by the Sukajadi Sector Police, Pekanbaru City, Riau Province. This couple was arrested for embezzling money for buying the Grand Elite Hotel carpet worth Rp536 million. Head of the Sukajadi Police Criminal Investigation Unit Iptu Santos in Pekanbaru, Friday, explained that the crime of the couple who is the provider of this carpet began in September 2022. "The perpetrator who is a husband and wife actually lives in Jakarta, but here (Pekanbaru City) as a supplier, there is no shop," he quoted Antara.Initially, the General Manager (GM) Grand Elite Hotel contacted LNS perpetrators as Finance Director of PT. SCAE to make an offer for the procurement of carpets at the Ballroom Hotel Grand Elite. The offer was then approved by the Grand Elite Hotel with a value of Rp536 million. The hotel then issued a "purchase order" (PO) to PT SCAE and made a work order (SPK). "But after the money was paid off, the carpet ordered was not installed. Even though at that time the perpetrator promised to send it immediately," he said.

Feeling suspicious, he said, the hotel checked directly at the carpet-making factory, namely PT.Rainbow in Bogor, West Java. It turned out that the carpet ordered by the Grand Elite Hotel through PT. SCAE was not made by the factory because LNS did not hand over the down payment or repayment that had been given. Feeling cheated, he said, the hotel made a report. LNS and her husband DZ as the President Director of PT SCAE were arrested by the police. "We called the two perpetrators to Pekanbaru for examination, and we secured them. The motive was because the money was used. The money was turned for selling, digging hole closures," said Santos.