The Attorney General's Office Returns, Bareskrim Quickly Completes Binomo Affiliate Files Indra Kenz

The suspect in the Binomo affiliate case, Indra Kesuma or Indra Kenz (Via ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Investigators from the Directorate of Special Economic Crimes (Dittpideksus) of the Indonesian National Police have received the return of the case file of Indra Kenz, a suspect in the alleged crime of online gambling and/or spreading false news through electronic media, fraud and money laundering offenses using the Binomo application.

The Attorney General's Office returned the case file (P19) on behalf of the suspect Indra Kesuma alias Indra Kenz because it was not complete formally or materially.

"It's been P19 and we are still in the process of completing the prosecutor's instructions," said Head of Sub-Directorate II of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police, Kombes Chandra Sukma Kumara when confirmed in Jakarta, Antara, Friday, May 13.

According to Chandra, according to the prosecutor's instructions, his party will complete the case file by taking additional information, so that the case file can then be returned to the public prosecutor for investigation. "That there are some information that needs to be added and deepened again," said Chandra.

Separately, the Deputy Attorney General for General Crimes (Jampidum) of the Attorney General's Office returned the case files for Indra Kesuma alias Indra Kenz, a suspect in the alleged crime of online gambling and/or spreading false news through electronic media, fraud and money laundering.

"After receiving the case file, the Research Prosecutor Team (P.16) is of the opinion that the case file on behalf of the suspect IK is not complete formally or materially as stipulated in the Criminal Procedure Code," said the Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapus Penkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Ketut Sumedana in a written statement. .

The Criminal Procedure Code explains that this pre-prosecution is regulated in Article 14 letter b which reads "The public prosecutor has the authority to hold a pre-prosecution if there are deficiencies in the investigation by taking into account the provisions of Article 110 paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) by providing instructions in the context of completing the investigation of investigator".

"Therefore, it needs to be completed or fulfilled by the Investigation Team for the Dittipideksus Bareskrim Polri in accordance with the instructions of the prosecutor," said Ketut.

The case file for Indra Kenz was transferred to the public prosecutor on April 6, 2022. Indra Kenz was named a suspect along with his girlfriend, brother and lover's father, including his trading teacher Fakarich Suhartami Pratama alias Fakarich.

Investigators named 7 suspects in a case that harmed the public as consumers of the Binomo binary option application worth Rp66 billion.

The seven suspects, apart from Indra Kenz, are Brian Edgar Nababan, as Manager of Binomor Indonesia, Fakarich, and Wiky Mandara Nurhalin, as admin of Indra Kenz's Telegram account.

The other three suspects are Vanessa Khong (Indra Kenz's lover), Rudianto Pei (Vanessa Khong's father) and Nathania Kesuma (Indra Kenz's sister).

Indra Kenz and his colleagues were charged with Article 45 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 27 paragraph (2), and/or Article 45A paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 28 paragraph (1) of Law no. 19 of 2016 concerning Amendments to Law No. 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE).

Other articles that are suspected, namely Article 3, Article 5, and Article 10 of Law no. 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering, and or Article 378 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code.

Meanwhile, her lover and sister, as well as her lover's father were charged with Article 5 and or Article 10 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering (TPPU) and Article 55 paragraph 1e of the Criminal Code with a penalty of 5 years imprisonment and a maximum fine of Rp. billion.