PPATK Blocks IDR 202 Billion From 109 Accounts Related To Illegal Investment Cases

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JAKARTA - The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) together with investigators have temporarily suspended transactions and blocked illegal investment cases. The temporary suspension of transactions and blocking reached Rp202 billion from 109 accounts in 55 financial service providers.

"This number will continue to increase in accordance with the analysis process carried out by PPATK and investigators," said PPATK Head Ivan Yustiavanda in a written statement, Friday, March 4.

PPATK has handled these illegal investment cases since the beginning of the year with 9 cases including trading robots, binary options and forex trading with nominal transactions analyzed by PPATK in all of these cases reaching trillions of rupiah.

In accordance with its duties and authorities, PPATK monitors the flow of funds from investors to various parties suspected of selling illegal investment products and cooperates with investigators.

Transactions are temporarily suspended for 20 working days and in coordination with law enforcement.

"PPATK reminds us to be more careful with investment offers that have no legality, offer unreasonable profits and unclear underlying assets because it is entirely risky speculation," said the Head of PPATK.