Helena Lim Didakwa Help Harvey Moeis Collect Security Money

JAKARTA - Crazy rich Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK), Helena Lim, was charged with assisting Harvey Moeis in accommodating security money from five private smelters worth Rp420 billion in the alleged corruption case of the management of tin commodity trading in the mining business permit (IUP) area of PT Timah Tbk for the 2015 to 2022 period.

The five private smelters who gave the security money were PT Refined Bangka Tin and its affiliated company, CV Venus Inti Perkasa and its affiliated company, PT Sarijuna Binasentosa and its affiliated company, PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa and its affiliated company, and PT Tinindo Internusa and its affiliated company.

"The defendant Helena provided facilities to Harvey Moeis who represented PT Refined Bangka Tin by using her money changer company, namely PT Quantum Skyline Exchange to accommodate security money of USD 500 to USD 750 per ton," said the public prosecutor (JPU) in a trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Wednesday, August 21.

In accommodating the security money, Helena Lim and Harvey Moeis agreed to disguise the gift as if it were corporate social responsibility or CSR funds.

In addition, the money was made as if it came from illegal mining from the PT Timah Tbk IUP area.

Then, Helena Lim, who is the owner of PT QSE, recorded the receipt of the money as foreign exchange.

"That after the money entered the account of PT Quantum Skyline Exchange, the defendant Helena was exchanged from rupiah currency into foreign currency into the US dollar, which in total amounted to USD 30 million," said the prosecutor.

Furthermore, Helena gave the money to Harvey Moeis in cash and gradually through a courier of PT Quantum Skyline Exchange.

Specifically for the money received by Harvey through Helena by transfer in the 2018-2023 period, it was recorded four times. Namely, the first transfer was IDR 6,711,215,000 (IDR 6.7 billion), the second transfer was IDR 2,746,646,999 (IDR 2.7 billion), the third transfer was IDR 32,117,657,062 (IDR 32.1 billion) and the fourth was IDR 5.5 billion.

Prosecutors said that in assisting Harvey Moeis, the defendant Helena made a profit of Rp900 million.

"For exchanging money from Harvey Moeis, CV Venus Inti Perkasa, PT Sarijuna Binasentosa, PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa and PT Tinindo Internusa, the defendant Helena through PT Quantum Skyline Exchange made a total profit of approximately Rp900 million with a calculation of Rp 30 times USD 30 million, the amount exchanged at PT Quantum Skyline Exchange," said the prosecutor.

For information, this tin corruption case caused state losses to reach Rp300,003,263,938,131.14 (Rp300 trillion).