Bodong Investment Case, Bareskrim Confiscates IDR 200 Billion Assets In Bali

The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police confiscated assets worth Rp. 200 billion in a number of places in Bali, related to the alleged fraudulent investment in the Net89 Trading Robot belonging to PT. Simbiotic Multitalenta Indonesia (PT SMI).

The confiscation was marked by the installation of surveillance banners from the Dittipideksus Bareskrim Polri on Wednesday by a number of investigators.

Kanit V Subdit II Dittipideksus Bareskrim Polri Kompol H. Karta stated that the confiscation of a number of assets was a further investigation into Net89's illegal investment, based on an order from the Tangerang District Court.

"This is the second confiscation, because from the first confiscation after the file was sent to the prosecutor, the suspects conducted a pretrial at the South Tangerang District Court," said Karta, Wednesday, December 18.

Based on the decision of the South Tangerang court, investigators were asked to conduct a re-investigation. The majority of the assets confiscated by Bareskrim Polri investigators on behalf of Andreyanto's wife, TS.

Therefore, since April 2024 investigators have started to re-investigate and re-investigate assets owned by the main suspects Andreas Andreyanto and Lauw Samuel, who are still fugitives.

"Two more red notices, we are pursuing abroad with Interpol, hopefully in the near future we can make arrests including his wife Andreas, TS, we will also enter the suspect because this building is on behalf of his wife from the average assets confiscated on behalf of Andreyanto," he said as quoted by ANTARA.

Karta explained that in this case, the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police named nine suspects and the case files had been transferred to the Attorney General's Office.

According to him, the total number of victims from the fraudulent investment was around 7,000 people with a total loss of around Rp. 1 trillion. The victim's deposits varied from tens of millions to billions of rupiah.

The majority of victims from Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan.

"The mode of investment such as trading robots as if the paid-up capital will not be lost. In fact, from 2019-2022, it turns out that the deposited deposits have not returned until now, even from the flow of funds that we confiscated, many of which were used by the suspect Andreas," he said.

The total assets confiscated throughout Indonesia are estimated at around Rp. 1.5 trillion. These assets are spread in several areas, in Bali there are seven. In addition, there are in East Java, Jakarta, West Java, East Kalimantan, Samarinda, Batam, Riau and Belitung.

The assets confiscated by Bareskrim Polri investigators in Bali, on Wednesday (18/12) included:

1. Renon Tower located at Jalan Kapten Tantular No. 22, Renon, Denpasar. The building, which is still under construction, is in front of the Bali High Prosecutor's Office.

2. ABISHA89 Hotel, Sanur located at Jalan By Pass Ngurah Rai No. 402, Sanur.

3. ABISHA89 Sport Club on Jl. Nuansa Utama Raya No. 257, Jimbaran, Badung Regency.

4. ABISHA89 Resort located on Jl. Wisma Udayana, Jimbaran, Badung Regency, Bali.

5. Alila Villas Uluwatu Unit C7 and C8 Pecatu, Badung Regency.

6. Land and buildings used as culinary places on Hayam Wuruk Street, Denpasar City, Bali.