Cases Of Bodong OMC Investment In Central Sulawesi Group Rise Investigation, 15 People Have Been Examined
SULTENG - The Central Sulawesi Regional Police (Polda) has raised the case of alleged fraudulent investments using fake OMC companies from investigation to investigation stage.
"The development of the alleged fraudulent investment case from the OMC or OMC Group application has been raised to the investigation stage," said Plh. Head of Central Sulawesi Police Public Relations AKBP Sugeng Lestari in Palu, Thursday, July 24, was confiscated by Antara.
He explained, since this case caused unrest among customers by visiting several OMC offices in Central Sulawesi, the Special Economic Sub-Directorate Team of the Central Sulawesi Police Ditreskrimsus proactively immediately conducted an investigation.
He explained that as many as 15 people had been investigated, most of whom were OMC leaders in Central Sulawesi.
After conducting a case title, said Sugeng, the investigation team of the Central Sulawesi Regional Police's Exus Ditreskrimsus Sub-Directorate has found sufficient preliminary evidence to increase the case of alleged fraudulent investment by OMC to the investigation stage.
"In investigating this fraudulent investment case from the OMC group, investigators suspect that there was a criminal incident as stated in Law Number 4 of 2023 concerning the Development and Strengthening of the Financial Sector (UU P2SK), especially in Article 305 and Article 237 letter a and letter d," he said.
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For this reason, he added that information on the progress of the next investigation will be informed again.
Previously, business activities using the name Omnicom Group (OMC) were stopped by the Central Illegal Financial Activity Eradication Task Force (PASTI) based on the official release number SP 5/STPASTI/VII/2025.
OMC entities in Indonesia are suspected of committing fraud with impersonation mode or disguised as an official and licensed company.
The original Omnicom Group is a company from the United States engaged in media, marketing, and communication.