Indra Kenz-Doni Salmanan 'Drag' Big Names Into The Confusion Of Money Laundering Cases

Arief Muhammad - Doni Salmanan

JAKARTA - The Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police (Bareskrim Polri) continues to track the flow of funds and assets belonging to Indra Kenz and Doni Salmanan. This search is to solve money laundering crimes in online gambling cases under the guise of binary options trading.

In the process, a number of big names were dragged into the case. Ranging from public figures to entrepreneurs.

Rudy Salim

The first name that was dragged down was Rudy Salim. This entrepreneur will be questioned about the origin of Indra Kenz's Ferrari car.

Because they were involved in buying and selling luxury cars, which have now become evidence.

Rudi Salim was also supposed to undergo an examination on Monday, March 14. However, he did not comply with the investigator's summons.

The Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police's Public Relations Division, Grand Commissioner Gatot Repli Handoko, said that Rudy Salim had asked investigators to reschedule.

"The hospital that owns the showroom has not yet fulfilled the investigator's summons," Gatot told reporters, Tuesday, March 14.

However, the reason for Rudy Salim's failure to comply with the summons is not yet known. In fact, Gatot was also about the time of the re-examination.

So far, it has only been conveyed if Rudy Salim has written to investigators regarding his absence and a request for rescheduling.

"The person concerned made a letter asking to be rescheduled," said Gatot.

Arief Muhammad

The second name that was dragged down was Arief Muhammad. He began to be linked with Doni Salmanan's crime of money laundering (TPPU).

Arief Muhammad is known to have sold a Porsche 911 Carerra 4S to Doni Salmanan. The luxury car was sold for IDR 4 billion in December 2021.

The allegation of money laundering offenses arose because the selling price of the car was considered above the market price. The Directorate of Cybercrime, Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police opened the possibility to examine Arief Muhammad regarding this matter. The goal, trace the source of the purchase of these luxury cars. "We will investigate where the source came from," said Head of Sub-Directorate I Dittipidkor, Bareskrim Polri Grand Commissioner Reinhard Hutagaol.

However, for now, Reinhard cannot confirm whether Arief Muhammad's statement is necessary or not. This is because the investigator will decide.

Moreover, investigators are currently still focusing on tracing Doni Salmanan's assets for confiscation.

“Not that way yet,” said Reinhard.

Arief Muhammad, who continues to be linked, raises his voice. He answers questions posed directly to his Instagram account.

"Bro, if you are told to return the 4M but the Porsche is returned to your hands, or you don't return it but the Porsche is confiscated? Which will you choose, bro?" asked one netizen to Arief Muhammad.

"There are no elements that come in to return the money because we have a sale and purchase agreement. The goods are there. So what will happen is that the goods are confiscated, not the money returned," said Arief Muhammad.

The content creator explained that he had no obligation to return the money because he and Doni Salmanan had made a sale and purchase transaction.

"Hopefully it will be enlightening, yes. Because there are still some who don't understand the difference between "given" and "buying and selling". The context is already very different," explained Arief Muhammad.

Hundreds of Billion Assets

During the course of this case, investigators have confiscated a number of assets belonging to Indra Kenz and Doni Salmanan. The provisional number is in the tens to hundreds of billions.

Especially for Indra Kenz, Gatot Repli said, from the existing data, his assets reached IDR 100 billion.

"That's right, for the time being, the recorded assets (reached IDR 100 billion, ed)," said Gatot, Friday, March 11.

The nominal assets of Indra Kenz are divided into two groups. First, the assets that have been confiscated by investigators are in the form of two luxury cars with the Ferrari and Tesla brands.

There are also land and building assets in the form of two luxury houses located in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra. Also, nine accounts belong to Indra Kenz.

"The total value of the assets that have been confiscated belonging to IK is IDR 43.5 billion," said Gatot

Then, there are assets to be confiscated. There are also assets in the form of five vehicles and two watches.

"The total value of the assets to be confiscated is IDR 57.2 billion," said Gatot.

Meanwhile, for Doni Salmanan, the assets that have been confiscated reached IDR 60 billion. The assets range from houses, cars, accounts, clothes, to accessories.

"DS after the temporary total of IDR 60 billion has been confiscated," said Gatot.

The assets that have been confiscated are two housing units located in Bandung, West Java. Then, a Porsche 911 Carrera 4S, a Fortuner, and two Honda CRVs.

There are also several big motorbikes (MOGE) such as BMW, Ducati Super Leggera. In fact, some of Doni's clothes and expensive shoes were also confiscated by investigators.

"4 pairs of shoes that have a high value, then 1 Hermes brand watch, 11 clothes that are categorized as expensive items, pants that are categorized as expensive items, hats are also expensive items, bags are also expensive items," said Gatot.

However, investigators are still investigating other assets. Because it is possible that there are other items resulting from the money laundering crime (TPPU) of Doni Salmanan.

"Investigators have coordinated with stakeholders to block funds and check the results from these funds. We are still tracing assets," said Gatot.

For information, Indra Kenz and Doni Salmanan have been named suspects in an online gambling case under the guise of binary options using the Binomo and Quotex platforms.

In that case, they were charged with ITE articles, fraud, and money laundering. Thus, both face 20 years in prison.