Bareskrim Names Rionald Soerjanto A Suspect In The Alleged Fraud Case Of The Original Indonesian Design Company

JAKARTA - The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has named Rionald Anggara Soerjanto (RAS) a suspect in criminal cases of embezzlement of office, forgery of letters, and money laundering at PT Asli Draft Indonesia. The determination of the suspect is based on the results of the case title.

"Yes, he is a suspect," said the Director of Special Economic Crimes at the National Police, Brigadier General Whisnu Hermawan, when confirmed, Wednesday, August 10.

The case for determining the suspect was carried out on Monday, August 8, last. Investigators with sufficient evidence believe that Rionald Anggara Soerjanto has committed a crime.

After being named a suspect, continued Whisnu, Rionald Anggara Soerjanto will be scheduled for questioning. It is planned that the examination as a suspect will be carried out on Thursday, August 11.

"Thursday, the call is at 10," said Whisnu.

Meanwhile, Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan, said that investigators had examined dozens of witnesses and experts.

"From this case, investigators from the Dittipideksus Bareskrim Polri have examined 26 witnesses and 1 expert witness," said Ramadhan.

In addition, the alleged criminal offenses in this case are also expected to occur from 2018 to 2021 in several cities. In fact, the value of the loss reached Rp. 37.4 billion.

"In practice, RAS recruits people to act as if they are working on marketing the products of PT. Asli Design Indonesia, and directs the payment of product marketing fees to unauthorized people," said Ramadhan.

PT Asli Draft Indonesia is a company providing Digital Financial Innovation for the Financial Services Authority (IKD OJK) in the E-KYC (electronic know your customer) cluster. This is based on letter number S-168/MS.72/2020 dated June 21, 2020 issued by OJK.

Rionald Anggara Soerjanto is suspected of committing a crime as regulated in Article 378 and/or Article 374 and/or Article 263 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 3, Article 4 and Article 5 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the prevention and eradication of the crime of money laundering (TPPU).