Singer Virzha Will Be Called By Investigators Regarding DNA Pro

Indonesian Idol dropout singer Muhammad Devirzha or Virzha (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Indonesian Idol dropout singer Muhammad Devirzha or Virzha will be summoned by investigators from the Directorate of Special Economic Crimes (Dittipideksus) of the National Police Criminal Investigation Department to be questioned as a witness in a case of alleged investment fraud through the DNA Pro trading robot application.

The Director of Special Economic Crimes (Dir Tipideksus) of the Indonesian National Police, Brigadier General Pol. Whisnu Hermawan confirmed the plan to summon Virzha in the case.

Virzha is scheduled to be questioned by investigators as a witness on Friday.

"Yes, that's right, (summoned) on April 22," said Whisnu, quoted from Antara, Sunday.

Previously, the Head of the Public Information Section (Kabag Penum) of the National Police Public Relations Division, Kombes Pol. Gatot Repli Handoko said there were 6 public figures who would be questioned in the third week of April.

Apart from Virzha, investigators will also examine other public figures, namely singer Marcello Tahitoe or Ello, scheduled for examination tomorrow Monday, then Billy Syahputra on Tuesday the day after tomorrow.

Furthermore, the celebrity couple Rizky Billar and Lesti Kejora on Wednesday (20 April), followed by DJ Una on Thursday (21 April).

"So there are six public figures who will be questioned next week," said Gatot, at the National Police Headquarters, Thursday night.

The examination of these public figures is related to the investigation of the alleged investment fraud case which has harmed 122 victims, with losses of up to IDR 17 billion.

The first public figure to be examined is the fashion designer Ivan Gunawan. He was questioned last Thursday.

Ivan has also returned to investigators funds worth Rp. 921.7 million from Rp. 1.090 million in his contract fee as a brand ambassador for DNA Pro for 3 months.

In this case, investigators named 12 people as suspects, namely the initials YS, RU, RS, RK, FR, AB, ZII, JG, ST, FE, AS and DV. Of the 12 suspects, 6 people were arrested earlier on Thursday (7/4), namely RS, R, Y and Frangky (F). Meanwhile, two other suspects, namely Jerry Gunanda (JG) as the founder (founder) of Team Octopus and Stefanus Richard (SR) as founding partner (co-founder) of Team Octopus were arrested on Friday, April 8.

Investigators have published a wanted list (DPO) for the six suspects who have not been arrested, in addition, investigators are also coordinating with the Div Hubinter Polri to hunt down six suspects suspected of being abroad.

The suspects were charged with Article 106 juchto Article 24 and or Article 105 juchto Article 9 of Law (UU) Number 7 of 2014 concerning trafficking and or Article 3, Article 5 juchto of Article 10 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Eradication and Prevention of the Crime of Laundering Money (TPPU).

It is known that DNA Pro is one of the Robot Trading applications that is blocked by the government. In fact, the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) together with the Directorate of Special Economic Crimes (Dittipideksus) of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police had sealed off PT DNA Pro Akademi on Friday, January 28.