The Lure Of The Head Of The Maybank Cipulir Branch Of E-Sports Athlete Winda Earl To Drain Rp.22.8 Billion

JAKARTA - Investigators mapped the modus operandi of the Head of the Maybank Cipulir Branch with the initials A, which drained almost all of the money belonging to an e-Sport athlete, Winda D Lunardi alias Winda Earl. Suspect A offered to open a futures account and fabricate data.

"The person concerned offered the victim to open a term account. Meanwhile, the account at the bank itself does not exist," said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Awi Setiyono, to reporters, Friday, November 6.

To smooth the action, the Head of the Maybank Cipulir Branch seduced the victim with high interest if he wanted to open a term account. Even though there is no amount of interest for term savings as stated by him.

"The lure of up to 10 percent (interest) in term. Very high," he said.

With that mode, the suspect drained Winda Earl's money. Police said some of the proceeds from the crime were invested in colleagues.

But Awi did not elaborate on the suspect's colleagues who were involved in the vortex of the case. What is certain is that the police will develop a case investigation with the victim.

"Friends of the suspect make it possible to become a potential suspect, who turns the proceeds of crime," said Awi.

With his actions, the suspect was suspected of Article 49 Paragraph (1) and Paragraph (2) of Law Number 10 of 1998 concerning Amendments to Law Number 7 of 1992 concerning Banking and Article 3, Article 4 and Article 5 of Law No. 8 of 2010 concerning Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering TP.

This case started when an e-sports athlete, Winda D Lunardi alias Winda Earl, reported about the loss of money in two colleagues worth nearly IDR 23 billion. The report is registered under the number LP / B / 0239 / V2020 / Bareskrim dated May 8, 2020.

In the report, the money that was lost was the result of saving Winda and her mother, Floletta at Maybank from 2015 to 2020. During five years of saving, the money collected should have reached Rp 22,879,000,000.

However, around February 2020 most of the balances in the two accounts disappeared. Leaving only Rp. 17 million in Floletta's account and Rp. 600 thousand in Winda's account.

In this case the Head of the Maybank Cipulir Branch with the initials A has been named a suspect. Investigators are currently still investigating the assets and flow of funds from the suspect.