BNN RI Confiscates Assets Worth IDR 80 Billion From A Prisoner In Gunung Sindur Prison

Evidence of TIP prisoners at Gunung Sindur Prison/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The National Narcotics Agency of the Republic of Indonesia (BNN RI) has succeeded in uncovering a criminal case of money laundering (TPPU) of up to Rp80 billion, which was carried out by a prisoner at the Gunung Sindur Correctional Institution (Lapas), West Java.

The perpetrator with the initials SD is a prisoner or prisoner who was sentenced to death for a narcotics case.

"The total asset value of more than 80 billion rupiah from a suspect with the initials SD alias HK alias AB, an inmate with the death penalty," said BNN Head Petrus Reinhard Golose in a press conference at the BNN RI office, Friday, October 6.

Reinhard explained that this disclosure began with a 2014 BNN investigation with the target of an elementary school operation with the initials SF alias Papi and SW alias RK.

SD is suspected of receiving a sum of money from illicit narcotics trafficking from the suspects reaching billions of rupiah.

From the suspect SF of 10.5 billion. (Not only that), SD also received money from MGM alias Papi of 392 million and SW of 25 billion," he said.

The money from the narcotics transaction, said Reinhard, was disguised by the suspect with a number of money laundering modes, one of which was structured so as not to be suspected.

"That's the use nominee mode (use of third party identification), mode of false identity, mode of structure (breaking transactions), U Turn mode (turning transactions), mode of buying assets or luxury goods, transaction pass mode (transfer or withdraw cash), and fictitious company account mode," he explained.

In the disclosure of the TPPU case carried out by SD, BNN confiscated a number of evidences, as follows.

1. Money in 65 accounts with a total of Rp. 8,701,011,442. Goods assets do not move with a total value of Rp. 70,906,050,000.00 with details: 10 housing units 3 housing units in Tangerang Regency, 2 housing units in Tangerang City, 1 housing unit in Bandung City, 2 housing units in Bogor Regency, 1 housing unit in Pekanbaru City, and 1 housing unit in Bekasi City.

3. 10 apartment units (9 apartment units in Tangerang Regency and 1 apartment unit in Tangerang City.

4. 15 plots of land 12 plots of land in Sumedang Regency and 3 plots of land in Lebak Regency 1 unit of shophouses in Tangerang Regency.

5. Assets of goods moving totaling approximately Rp. 953,350,000.00 in the form of 3 four-wheeled vehicles Merk Toyota Fortuner, Toyota Yaris, and Honda HRV, 11 cellphones, 20 laptops and iPads, and 1 hour Laurent fire brand.

"Thus, the total value of assets confiscated by BNN RI from the suspect SD alias HK alias AB is IDR 80,560,411,442.86," he said.

The suspect is subject to articles 3, 4, and 5 Paragraph (1) of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering with a threat of 20 years and a fine of Rp. 10 billion.