Alleged Billion Rupiah Fraud By Food Vlogger Magdalena, This Week Police Examine Witnesses And Suspect

JAKARTA - The police continue to investigate cases of alleged fraud and embezzlement worth IDR 2.4 billion reported by Food Vlogger Magdalena Fridawati alias @MGDALENAF OFFICIAL on her social media account, TikTok. In the process of handling, in the near future, the police will examine witnesses.

"Our follow-up plan will be to examine other witnesses. Hopefully this week we will finish off another witness", said the Head of Public Relations of the Metro Jaya Police, Commissioner Yusri Yunus, to reporters, Thursday, September 2.

In fact, the investigative team has planned to examine the reported person, who is none other than a former employee of Magdalena with the initials GC. The examination is to find out the common thread of the case.

"Including the reported person, we will invite her for clarification", said Yusri. The goal is to determine the status of the case whether or not it can be escalated to an investigation.

"After everything is complete, then we will hold a case to find out whether an investigation is carried out or not", said Yusri.

Previously reported, Food Vlogger Magdalena Fridawati alias Magdalena reported that her former employee had the initials GC. The report relates to allegations of fraud and embezzlement.

Based on preliminary results, the alleged fraud and embezzlement used the mode of changing the endorsement invoice data.

Where the invoice that should have contained Magdalena's account was changed to the reported account. As a result, Magdalena suffered a loss of around Rp. 2.4 billion.

In the report, the reported party is suspected of violating Article 374 concerning the embezzlement of money in the office. Then Article 378 for fraud, Article 263 for forgery of letters, and Articles 3 and 5 for money laundering.