Magdalena 'Bar-Bar Kuy' Victim Of Billion Rupiah Fraud, Police Confirm Complete Investigation

JAKARTA - The police have confirmed the continuation of the legal process for the fraud case against Magdalena, a food vlogger. Magdalena Fridawati, a criminology graduate from the University of Indonesia, was questioned by the police for a fraud/embezzlement case that harmed her.

Food Vlooger Magdalena Fridawati alias Mgdalena 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.

The invoice which was supposed to contain Mgdalena's account was changed to the reported account. As a result, Mgdalena suffered a loss of around Rp. 2.4 billion.

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

“The reporter is MF's sister. He reported this GC sister for fraud/ embezzlement amounting to Rp2,423 billion. The reported mode is changing the contents of the invoice, which should include the account number belonging to the reporting party, but without the knowledge of the reporting party, it is changed to a personal account number belonging to the reporting party. This is what was reported," said the Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Yusri Yunus to reporters, Thursday, September 2.

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

"Including the reported party, we will invite us to clarify," said Yusri.

After the inspection process is complete, the investigative team will conduct a case. 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.