Not Completed, Binomo Indra Kenz Case Adds New Suspect

JAKARTA - The police arrested and named Brian Edgar Nababan as a new suspect in a binary options investment fraud case through the Binomo application after his affiliate Indra Kesuma alias Indra Kenz was named a suspect more than one month ago.

The Director of Special Economic Crimes (Dirtipideksus) of the National Police Investigation and Criminal Agency (Bareskrim) Brigadier General Pol Whisnu Hermawan conveyed that the results of the initial examination conducted by investigators on Friday April 1, showed that Edgar was one of the managers in the Binomo application, one of whose duties was to offer a job. affiliates to people who are influential on social media (influencers).

"Since February 2019, the suspect has been assigned the position of development manager for Binomo, who is tasked with offering Indonesian influencers to become Binomo affiliates with a profit-sharing system," said Whisnu, quoted by Antara, Sunday, April 3.

Brian has been detained for the next 20 days starting April 1, 2022.

"Investigators have confiscated from the suspect a laptop," Whisnu added.

He further explained that Brian Edgar Nababan in 2018 registered with the Russian company 404 Group which has a special partnership with Binomo. He enrolled in the company probably because of his educational background having studied in Russia in 2014.

Brian then started his career at Binomo as an employee serving application users (customer support platform). In that position, Brian received complaints from Binomo users in Indonesia. Within about a year of applying to the 404 Group and starting a career at Binomo, he also filled the position of manager.

In the fraud case involving Indra Kenz, Brian had sent funds of Rp. 120 million to the Binomo affiliate in February 2021.

The police further said that Brian was threatened with being charged with Article 45 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 27 paragraph (2), and/or Article 45A paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 28 paragraph (1) of Law no. 19 of 2016 concerning Amendments to Law No. 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE).

Other articles that are suspected against Brian, namely Article 3, Article 5, and Article 10 of Law no. 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering, and or Article 378 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code.