A Series Of Assets From The Ex-Maybank Head Office Cipulir Results Of Breaking Into Winda Earl's E-sports Athlete Account

JAKARTA - The police confiscated a number of assets belonging to the former Head of Branch (Kacab) Maybank Cipulir Albert. The confiscation was carried out because the asset was allegedly related to the alleged theft of an account belonging to e-Sports athlete Winda Lunardi alias Winda Earl. The assets confiscated included houses, cars, land and cash.

Special Economic Crime Recruitment for Bareskrim Polri Brigadier General Helmy Santika said the confiscated house was in the Bogor area, West Java. The two houses are suspected of being the proceeds of crime.

"One unit of building land in Jade Park Serpong 2 housing complex, Gunung Sindur, Bogor Regency, and one building land unit in Central Land Paradise Housing, Parung Panjang District, Bogor," Hemly told VOI, Friday, November 20.

Then, investigators also confiscated the Grand Livina in 2007. The purchase of this car was allegedly used money proceeds from crime.

Finally, Rp13 million in cash was also confiscated from one of Albert's colleagues. This money is suspected to be the proceeds of a crime that the suspect handed over to his colleague for playback.

Long before that, or at the beginning of the investigation into this case, the police also announced that they had confiscated Albert's car, land and house. It's just that details of the confiscation were not submitted. The pasi police have done the editing.

Although several assets of the suspect have been confiscated, investigators are still investigating other assets that are suspected of being the result of crimes. This is because, with the crime of tens of billions of rupiah, it is likely that there are other assets that have not been detected.

"Investigators are still investigating until now," said Helmy.

Investigators are not only focused on looking for proceeds of crime, but investigators also trace who receives the flow of funds. So far there is one other name that is said to have enjoyed Winda Earl's money.

Helmy said that that person was Toni. From his hands, investigators confiscated Rp. 13 million in cash, which was a gift from the suspect.

"We confiscated the money from the recipient on behalf of Toni," he said.

But Helmy is reluctant to explain the extent of Toni's role as a recipient of the money. So far, investigators are still in depth. In fact, it is possible that he will be named a suspect.

"It is still being investigated. (Will be the suspect) It depends on the role, and the evidence," he said.

The provisional suspicion is that there are still some of Albert's colleagues who are the recipients of the proceeds of crime. Because, based on the results of the investigation and investigation, the suspect said that part of the proceeds from the crime was invested in his colleagues.

Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Awi Setiyono, said that investigators have examined several colleagues of the suspect who are strongly suspected of receiving the funds. But he did not want to reveal their identities on the grounds that they were still in the process of being investigated.

"What is clear is that the money flows where it must be checked," he continued.

As a result of his actions, Albert was charged with multiple articles. He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and a maximum fine of Rp100 billion.

For the threat of 20 years imprisonment in accordance with the article on the crime of money laundering (TPPU) that was suspected of being the Maybank Cipulir Branch official.

"In accordance with Article 3, Article 4 and Article 5 of Law No. 8/2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering, the maximum penalty is 20 years and a maximum fine of Rp. 20 billion," said Awi.

Meanwhile, a fine of Rp. 100 billion, said Awi, was stated in Article 49 Article 49 Paragraph (1) and Paragraph (2) of Law Number 10 Year 1998 concerning Amendments to Law Number 7 Year 1992 concerning Banking.

"The criminal threat according to Article 49, the suspect is subject to 8 years imprisonment with a fine of Rp. 5 billion and a maximum of Rp. 100 billion," he said.

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 with 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 IDR 22,879,000,000.