Squeeze A Rental Businessman For IDR 171 Million From Uzbekistan, Russian Caucasians Tried In Denpasar District Court

DENPASAR - The Denpasar District Court, Bali tried a Russian citizen named Evgenii Bagriantsev (56) who was involved in an extortion case with a loss of Rp. 171 million.

"In this case, Evgenii Bagriantsev was charged with committing, ordering to do or participating in doing something with the intention of benefiting oneself by violating the rights or laws of forcing a person by force or threat of violence to give goods which partly or wholly belongs to the person himself or another person so that that person create debts and write off receivables," said public prosecutor I Made Dipa Umbara, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, November 23.

In a virtual trial, prosecutor Dipa said the defendant had blackmailed the victim of a rental businessman from Uzbekistan named Nikolay Romanov, along with three people who are still on the wanted list (DPO), namely Olga Bagriantsev, Maxim Zhiltsov, and Agung.

Evgenii Bagriantsev was charged with Article 368 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

Evidence confiscated from the defendant in the form of a car belonging to the perpetrator, extorted money amounting to Rp. 20 million, and some evidence of transfers between the victim and the perpetrator.

It is known that this extortion case occurred on February 17, 2021, when the defendants Evgenii Bagriantsev and Maxim Zhilitisov (DPO) visited the victim's place of work, Nikolay Romanov, at Jalan Batu Bolong Br Canggu No. 10 North Kuta, Badung.

At that time, the defendant said that the police were looking for the place of business.

When he met the victim, the defendant admitted that he was an informant from Interpol and if he did not cooperate with him, the victim would get in trouble for colluding with someone named Dimitri Babaev.

In addition, the defendant asked the victim to compile a list of the number of motorcycles as many as 21 units and hand them over to the suspect and his friends.

Subsequently, the defendant gradually took the motorbike until March 26, 2021. Then, on May 22, 2021, the defendant again threatened the victim by saying that his place of business had problems and could be sentenced to imprisonment for up to 4 years and a fine of Rp. 400 million.

During the meeting with the victim, the defendant asked the victim for Rp230 million, but the victim said he did not have the money. After being threatened by the defendant repeatedly, the victim sent money in stages totaling Rp121 million and handed over a motorbike for Rp50 million. The total loss suffered by the victim Nikolay Romanov amounted to Rp. 171 million.