Former West Jakarta Prosecutor's Office Charged With Stealing Evidence Of Rp11.7 Billion

Three defendants in the alleged case of collecting money on evidence in the Fahrenheit trading robot case at the trial of reading the indictment at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Thursday (8/5/2025). (ANTARA/Agatha Olivia Victoria)

JAKARTA - Former West Jakarta District Attorney Azam Akhmad Akhsya was charged with corruption in the fraudulent investment case of a trading robot, aka a trading robot, Fahrenheit, worth IDR 11.7 billion in 2023.

Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Attorney General's Office, Neldy Denny, said that the money received from three legal advisers for victims of investment in Fahrenheit trading, namely Oktavianus Setiawan, Bonifasius Gunung, and Brian Erik First Anggitya, at the time of the execution of the case.

"The money was used by the defendant to be transferred to the account of the defendant's wife and other parties and exchanged into foreign currency," said the Public Prosecutor at the trial of reading the indictment at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor), Thursday, May 8, as reported by ANTARA.

Azam's actions were threatened with crime in Article 12 letter e or Article 12B paragraph (1) letter a or Article 5 paragraph (2) or Article 11 of Law (UU) Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001.

Apart from Azam, there were also Oktavianus and Bonifasius who listened to the reading of the indictment in the same trial.

The prosecutor revealed that the case began when Azam was appointed as one of the public prosecutors in the fraudulent investment case of Fahrenheit trading with the suspect Hendry Susanto.

On July 15, 2022, the process of handing over the suspect and evidence from the investigator was carried out to the public prosecutor at the West Jakarta Kejari for the case.

In addition, there is evidence Number 1611-1641 in the form of money deposited or deposited in Giro's Other Government Account (RPL) on behalf of RPL 139 of the West Jakarta District Attorney's Office, with details of rupiah, Singapore dollars, Malaysian ringgit, and Thai baht.

After the case was transferred by Azam to the West Jakarta District Court, the Public Prosecutor continued, Azam allegedly urged Bonifasius to manipulate the amount of return of evidence to victims of Fahrenheit's trading investment, which is Bonifasius' client, by changing the amount of return which should have been Rp39.35 billion to Rp49.35 billion.

"From the excess of Rp. 10 billion, Azam asked for a share of around Rp. 3 billion," said the public prosecutor.

Then, Azam and Oktavianus also agreed to manipulate the return of evidence to victims of the Fahrenheit trading robbery investment represented by Oktavianus, in an act of making returns to groups of victims of fraudulent investments who are members of the Bali association of around Rp. 17.8 billion.

In fact, the Public Prosecutor said that the Bali group was only a trick from Oktavianus to get personal benefits from returning the evidence of the case on behalf of Hendry.

After that, Azam urged Oktavianus that the money of around Rp. 17.8 billion be divided equally and the defendant asked for a share of around Rp. 8.5 billion.

Not only that, Azam also said that he asked Brian to pay a fee of 15 percent of the amount returned to the victims represented by Brian, amounting to Rp250 million. However, Brian asked for a reduction to the defendant to Rp200 million.

At the defendant's insistence, both Bonifasius, Oktavianus, and Brian were forced to give part because there was a sense of concern about the victims of Fahrenheit's trading robbery investment represented by the three of them would not receive a refund.

Around December 2023, Azam also informed Bonifasius, Oktavianus, and Brian via WhatsApp social media, which basically informed that the case on behalf of Hendry had been decided at the cassation level.

"Azam then allegedly asked Bonifasius, Oktavianus, and Brian to come to the West Jakarta Kejari because the decision will be executed immediately," said the prosecutor.

Furthermore, Azam asked the three legal advisers to submit the account number and ID card to be used to transfer the money to return the evidence in the form of money.

After the evidence in the form of money was executed by Azam, the three legal advisers were forced to fulfill the part requested by the defendant in total of Rp. 11.7 billion by transferring the money to the account given by Azam, namely an account in the name of Andi Rianto (a temporary employee at the West Jakarta Kejari).