JAKARTA - The Special Economic Crime Directorate (Dittipideksus) of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police arrested two senior executives of PT Dana Syariah Indonesia (DSI), namely TA (Taufiq Aljufri) and ARL, who are suspects in the alleged fraud case to money laundering (TPPU).
"For the sake of investigation based on Articles 99 and 100 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the investigators of the Dittipideksus of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police made an effort to forcibly detain the two suspects (TA and ARL)," said the Director of Special Economic Crime (Dirtipideksus) of the National Police's Criminal Investigation Unit, Brigjen Pol. Ade Safri Simanjuntak, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, February 10.
He said that the two were detained for the next 20 days starting today at the Bareskrim Police Detention Center.
The detention was carried out after the two underwent a preliminary examination in this alleged fraud case on Monday (9/2).
He revealed that during the examination, investigators asked 85 questions to TA as President Director of PT DSI and shareholder of PT DSI. Meanwhile, for ARL as Commissioner of PT DSI and shareholder of PT DSI, investigators asked 138 questions.
Meanwhile, another suspect with the initials MY as the former Director of PT DSI and shareholder of PT DSI as well as President Director of PT Mediffa Barokah Internasional and PT Duo Properti Lestari, was unable to attend the examination due to illness.
"The investigation team will summon the suspect again to schedule an examination of the suspect on Friday, February 13, 2026," he said.
It is known that the three suspects are suspected of committing embezzlement in office and/or embezzlement and/or fraud and/or fraud through electronic media and/or fraud by making false reports in the books or financial reports and/or without supporting valid documents and TPPU distribution of funding from the community carried out by PT DSI using a fictitious project from data or information borrower existing (active borrower) period 2018-2025.
Ade explained, in this case, PT DSI is an organizer of a joint funding service based on information technology that connects between the lender (lender) and the borrower (borrower).
The modus operandi used is the name of an existing borrower who is still in an active agreement and is in the status of making active installments, which is reused by PT DSI to be attached to fictitious projects without the borrower's knowledge.
This was then transmitted by PT DSI in their digital platform to attract lenders.
"That is what then made these lenders interested that there were projects that needed financing and they came in to make investments," he said.
In June 2025, when lenders make withdrawals of funds that have matured, both the principal capital funds and the returns promised by PT DSI of around 16 to 18 percent to its lenders, the funds cannot be withdrawn.
He said that based on the results of the OJK examination, the total losses from this case amounted to IDR 2.4 trillion.
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