Angin Prayitno Reports His Wealth Reached IDR 18 Billion But KPK Confiscated Assets Worth IDR 57 Billion

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) confiscated assets in the form of land and buildings belonging to the former Director of Inspection and Collection of the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu), Angin Prayitno Aji. The value of the confiscated assets reached Rp. 57 billion, which was allegedly derived from the proceeds of money laundering (TPPU).

"The Investigative Team has confiscated various assets that are suspected to be related to the case, including land and buildings," Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Ali Fikri told reporters, Wednesday, February 16.

"So far the assets that have been confiscated have an economic value of around Rp. 57 billion," he added.

However, these assets do not appear to be registered in the State Organizer's Wealth Report (LHKPN), which Angin is required to carry out as an official. Because, in 2020, the assets reported to the KPK were only Rp. 18,620,094,739.

In his latest report, Angin recorded the ownership of three assets in the form of land and buildings worth Rp. 14.92 billion. The locations are in East Jakarta and South Jakarta.

Subsequently, he registered ownership of three cars, namely the 2011 Volkswagen Golf, 2009 Honda Freed, and 2011 Chevrolet Captiva Jeep. The total value of the three vehicles reached Rp364.4 million.

In addition, there were other assets that were reported by Angin in the form of other movable assets amounting to Rp. 1.09 billion; cash and cash equivalents reached Rp2.21 billion; and other assets amounting to Rp. 23.3 million. In the report, Angin did not record any debt holdings.

As previously reported, the Corruption Eradication Commission named Angin as a suspect in the alleged money laundering offences on Tuesday, February 15 yesterday. He is suspected of disguising and concealing the proceeds of bribes he obtained by attempting to purchase assets.

Meanwhile, in the bribery case, Angin Prayitno Aji was sentenced to 9 years in prison plus a fine of Rp. 300 million, subsidiary to 2 months in prison in the tax administration bribery case. Meanwhile, his colleague, Dadan Ramdani, was sentenced to 6 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 300 million, subsidiary to 3 months in prison.

In addition, both of them are required to pay compensation in the amount of IDR 3.375 billion and 1.095 million Singapore dollars respectively, which is calculated using the 2019 Bank Indonesia Singapore dollar middle exchange rate, which is IDR 10,227 per Singapore dollar no later than 1 month after the decision is final and binding. . Failure to do so will result in an additional 2 years imprisonment.

The verdicts and penalties were imposed because they accepted bribes to manipulate the results of the three tax audits, namely on taxpayers PT Gunung Madu Plantations (GMP) for the 2016 fiscal year, PT Panin Bank taxpayers for the 2016 fiscal year, and PT Jhonlin Baratama (JB) for the 2016 fiscal year. 2016 and 2017 taxes.