Bareskrim Dismantles Bank Burglars Syndicate, Confiscates IDR 204 Billion From Dormant Account

JAKARTA The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police uncovered a syndicate of bank burglars who used the mode of accessing a Kimmant account. In disclosing this case, the police confiscated Rp204 billion in cash.

Dormant accounts are bank accounts that are not active because there are no transactions, both debit and credit, within a certain period of time.

"The mode is to illegally access the transfer of funds to a domestic account or without the physical presence of customers worth Rp. 204 billion," said the Director of Special Economic Crimes at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency Brigadier General Helfi Assegaf to reporters, Thursday, September 25.

In this case there are nine people named as suspects. They are divided into several clusters.

The first cluster is AP as the Head of the Sub-Ban BUMN and GRH as the Consumer Relations Manager Branch.

The executor cluster consists of C, DR, NAT, R, and TT. Meanwhile, the TPPU cluster involves DH and IS.

The disclosure of this case began with the police report number LP/B/311/VII/2025 dated July 2, 2025. The report is related to efforts to transfer funds from thedomant account.

The action of this syndicate began in early June 2025. C alias Ken, who is known as the mastermind of the crime, met AP as the Head of the BNI Bank Sub-dept. in West Java.

C alias Ken is also known to be involved in the kidnapping case that killed Mohamad Ilham Pradipta.

"Admittedly as the Asset Confiscation Task Force, they held a meeting with the head of an assistant branch of one of the BNI banks to plan to transfer funds to a bangant account," said Helfi.

The meeting discussed preparations for execution to distribution of results. The perpetrators also threatened the safety of AP and his family if they did not submit the User ID of the Core Banking System application belonging to the teller.

Finally, the Head of the Branch handed over access. The transfer of funds was carried out on Friday, June 20.

"The head of the branch handed over the User ID of the Core Banking System application belonging to the teller to one of the executors who is a former bank teller to carry out illegal access. The transfer of funds worth Rp204 billion was carried out to five holding accounts through 42 transactions in just 17 minutes," said Helfi.