There Are Three New Suspects In The Binomo Case, One Of Them Is Vanessa Khong, Indra Kenz's Girlfriend

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JAKARTA - The National Police's Criminal Investigation Agency has named three new suspects in a fraud case under the guise of investing through the Binomo platform. Now, there are a total of seven suspects in the case.

"Investigators have named seven suspects," said the Director of Special Economic Crimes at the Indonesian National Police, Brigadier General Whisnu Hermawan, to reporters on Sunday, April 10.

The three new suspects are the younger brother of Indra Kesuma alias Indra Kenz, namely Nathania Kesuma, Indra's girlfriend Vanessa Khong, and Vanessa's father, Rudiyanto Pei. They were named suspects because they received a flow of funds from Indra.

"There is a flow of funds from suspect IK and helps to place or disguise funds or hide funds resulting from crimes committed by suspect IK," he said.

All three are suspected of being under Article 5 and/or Article 10 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering and Article 55 Paragraph 1e of the Criminal Code. Then, the three new suspects will be questioned on Thursday, April 14, 2022.

For your information, previously there have been four people who have been named as suspects. First, Indra Kesuma alias Indra Kenz. He is an affiliate of Binomo.

Then, Fakar Suhartami Pratama alias Fakarich. In this case, he plays the role of teacher or mentor of Indra Kenz.

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Furthermore, Brian Edgar Nababan who plays the role of Development Manager for Binomo. He also recruited Indra Kenz and Fakar as affiliates.

Previously, the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police had pocketed the identity of the mastermind behind the fraudulent investment under the guise of Binomo trading. His figure is said to be abroad.

"For (dalang, ed) who are abroad, we already have one, because he is still an employee, he has another boss. There is a boss," said Head of Sub-Directorate II of the Directorate of Special Economic Crimes at the National Police Bareskrim Kombes Chandra Sukma Kumara to reporters, Thursday, April 7th.

However, the identity of the mastermind will not be revealed for the time being. It is confirmed that the mastermind behind Binomo is a foreign national.

The disclosure of the mastermind in the Binomo case is based on the testimony of the suspect Brian Edgar Nababan (BEN). He is Binomo's Development Manager.

Even though they already have the identity of the mastermind, Chandra continued, his party is still investigating and gathering information. From the results of the temporary investigation, Binomo trading abroad is legal. The authority to take action is not the domain of the Police.

"There is still no investigation (about the attempt to arrest him, ed), because it's related to Binomo, if it's overseas, it's legal, it's not our authorization," said Chandra.