This Is A Source Of Crazy Rich Surabaya Wealth Budi Said Who Was Detained By The AGO

Budi Said (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office (AGO) officially detained an entrepreneur from Surabaya, Budi Said in connection with Antam's gold transaction fraud case which cost PT Aneka Tambang Tbk (ANTM) Rp1.1 trillion.

Known as 'Crazy Rich Surabaya', Budi is a businessman who owns various businesses. The following is Budi Said's source of wealth:

1. Property Boss

Budi is a successful entrepreneur in the property sector. He appointed the President Director of PT Tridjaya Kartika Group, which is a property company located in Surabaya.

Some of the projects under Tridjaya Kartika are Taman Indah Regency Sidoarjo, Kertajaya Indah Regency Sukolilo and Florencia Regency in Sidoarjo.

2. Have a Shopping Center

Budi's Trijaya Kartika Group company is also listed as owning a Plaza Marina shopping center, which is famous in Surabaya.

Quoted from Trijaya Kartika's official website, the facilities at Plaza Marina are generally the same as other places, but there is one distinct feature here, namely the complete HP connection. There is also a mobile operator counter and a well-known mobile phone service center.

3. Have an Apartment and a Luxury Housing

Budi is also noted to own another property, namely Puncak Marina Apartments. In addition, Budi's company has also developed a number of luxury housing estates in East Java.

There are three luxury housing estates developed by Budi's company, namely Kertajaya Indah Regency in Sukolilo, Taman Indah Regency in Geluran Sidoarjo, and Florencia Regency in Gebang Sidoarjo.

4. Budi Said Becomes A Suspect

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has named Budi Said as a suspect in the alleged fabrication of the sale and purchase of gold precious metals at PT Antam. Crazy Rich from Surrayaba was immediately arrested because the case that cost Antam around Rp1.1 trillion.

"Based on the results of the intensive investigation by investigators, it is related to other evidence found by the investigative team, today we raise the status of the person concerned (Budi Said) as a suspect," said the Director of Investigation at the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Kuntadi to reporters, Thursday, January 18.

The detention of Budi was carried out at the Salemba Detention Center or Salemba Detention Center at the Attorney General's Office for the next 20 days. The detention was carried out to facilitate the investigation process.

Regarding the case of alleged corruption, Kuntadi said that the suspect Budi Said collaborated with four other people with the initials EA, AP, EKA, and MD, to engineer gold buying and selling transactions from March to November 2018. They transact a number of gold at prices under the provisions of PT Antam.

"Doing malicious conspiracy engineered the sale and purchase of gold by setting the selling price below the price set by PT Antam. Under the pretext that there is a discount from PT Antam, even though at that time PT Antam did not apply a discount," he said.