Files Of The BNI Burglary Suspect Being Handed Over, Will Be Tried In The Near Future

JAKARTA - Investigators at the Special Economic Crimes Directorate (Dittipideksus), Bareskrim Polri, delegated the suspect Maria Pauline Lumowa along with evidence to the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati). Maria is a suspect in the alleged bank burglary case with a fictitious Letter of Credit (L / C) mode.

"Phase 2 today, 10.00 WIB delegated to the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati)," said Dirttipideksus Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Helmy Santika to reporters, Friday, November 6.

The delegation was carried out after the investigation file was declared complete by the research prosecutor, both formally and materially. So, the woman who was fugitive for 17 years will soon be tried.

"The fictitious L / C case was declared complete by the prosecutor, Bareskrim then delegated it," he said.

Maria Pauline Lumowa was arrested by NCB Interpol Serbia at Nikola Tesla International Airport, Serbia, on July 16, 2019. She is a fugitive from the Indonesian government. This is because he is a suspect in the cash burglary case at the Bank BNI Kebayoran Baru branch using a fictitious Letter of Credit (L / C) mode.

In the period from October 2002 to July 2003, Bank BNI suffered a loss of 136 million US dollars and 56 million euros or the equivalent of Rp 1.7 trillion based on the current exchange rate. This amount of money is a loan from PT Gramarindo Group owned by Maria Pauline Lumowa and Adrian Waworuntu.

BNI Bank began to feel suspicion. Because, the borrowing process which should be quite difficult because of the large nominal it runs very easily. It is suspected that PT Gramarindo Group was assisted by unscrupulous employees of Bank BNI because the loan application still agreed with L / C guarantees from Dubai Bank Kenya Ltd., Rosbank Switzerland, Middle East Bank Kenya Ltd., and The Wall Street Banking Corp.

Moreover, some of the banks that became the guarantor were not correspondence banks of Bank BNI. This suspicion grew stronger in June 2003. BNI investigated the financial transactions of PT Gramarindo Group. As a result, the company never made exports or was not in accordance with what was reported during the loan process.

Until finally, BNI reported the alleged fictitious L / C to the National Police Headquarters. However, Maria Pauline Lumowa left Indonesia by going to Singapore in September 2003 or a month before being named a suspect.

From the results of the investigation, it was found that the woman had often been in the Netherlands in 2009 and often went back and forth to Singapore. In fact, it is known that Maria has been a Dutch citizen since 1979. Thus, the Indonesian government tried to apply for extradition to the Dutch government twice, to be precise in 2010 and 2014.

However, the Dutch Government rejected the request. Instead, it provides an option for Maria Pauline Lumowa to be tried in the Netherlands. Until finally, the woman was arrested on July 16, 2019, according to an Interpol red notice published in 2004.