'Judged' By Hotman Paris, Winda Earl's Partner In The EVOS Team: How Come It's Like A Parent Angry With A Child?

JAKARTA - The case of the loss of money from a customer of PT Bank Maybank Indonesia Tbk, who is also an e-Sports athlete Winda Lunardi or Winda Earl, has yet to find a bright spot. Both Maybank and Winda Earl are still looking for a solution to the case which has caused quite a stir in the national banking world.

Maybank Indonesia through its Legal Counsel, Hotman Paris Hutapea, had revealed several irregularities in the case of the loss of Winda Earl's money which reached Rp22.8 billion. According to Hotman, this case is not as simple as the public imagined, or Maybank cannot directly compensate for the losses.

Hotman in his personal Instagram account said that Maybank is a large bank with assets of up to IDR 175 trillion. So according to him, it is not difficult for Maybank to compensate for the loss of Winda Earl, as long as it is legally clear.

On Tuesday, November 10, Hotman Paris also said, to seek justice, his party invited Winda Earl and his attorneys to conduct an open debate on National TV. Hotman Paris's tweet was responded to in the comments column by Winda Earl's colleague on the EVOS e-Sports team, Yurino 'Donkey' Putra.

"How come it looks like a parent is mistaking a child, looking for previous mistakes, while the core of the main mistake was deliberately diverted so that the child would not want to remain wrong," wrote Yurino Donkey.

"The point is whether it wants to flower or not, there is indeed an intention of fraud from individuals. The name fraud is definitely a lot of irregularities, but banks as institutions can protect customer funds with authorization," added Yurino.

"Please don't be distracted, the important thing is that the authorization problem is clear first, then after that, for example, Winda wants to wash money or something, that's a different case," wrote Yurino Donkey again.

In fact, Winda Earl had reported the burglary case of bank funds since May 2020, because there was no good faith from Maybank Indonesia to process the perpetrators and return Rp22.8 billion in funds.

As reported, Winda Earl admitted that her savings of Rp22.8 billion suddenly disappeared in Maybank. In the beginning, he opened an account at Maybank Indonesia in 2014, and was a checking or savings account for the future so he never bothered.

He ensures all transactions or activities that occur in that account, without his knowledge and without his consent. Even if a transaction is found, according to Winda, it is an abuse of another party that he doesn't know about.

On the other hand, Maybank, represented by his attorney Hotman Paris, said that his party saw some irregularities in the victim's complaint against his client. First, Winda never held any savings books and ATMs whose funds came from her father, Herman Gunardi.

Winda actually allowed the suspect, namely the Head of the Maybank Bank Branch to hold it. Second, funds needed for investment should not be placed in a checking account.

Third, the victim was never uncomfortable and was not proactive in asking about the position and any mutations of each flow of funds from his savings. Fourth, the suspect made transactions on behalf of the victim and was not used for personal gain, particularly in opening insurance at Prudential.

Winda Earl's lawyer, Joey Pattinasarany, confirmed that his client had absolutely no idea about the flow of funds from his personal account for the purchase of Prudential's insurance policy.

According to Joey, the purchase of the policy was made without Winda's knowledge and consent. Joey said, Winda only opened savings at Maybank Cipulir without a savings book and ATM, and only received current account statements.