AGO Focuses On Handling 9 Fraudulent Investment Cases From Indra Kenz To DNA Pro

Documentation of the suspect in the Binomo affiliate case, Indra Kesuma or Indra Kenz/ANTARA FOTO/Adam Barik

JAKARTA - The Deputy Attorney General for General Crimes focuses on handling nine fraudulent investment fraud cases which are a priority scale to be resolved immediately because they cause large amounts of fraud victims and losses of up to billions.

The head of the Attorney General's Center for Legal Information, Ketut Sumedana, said that the nine fraudulent investment fraud cases consisted of trading robot investment fraud and binary options investment fraud or online gambling.

"Of the nine cases, there are five cases that have entered the file research stage (P.19)," he said in a written statement quoted by Antara, Monday, June 13.

The five cases in question are the suspect Indra Kesuma alias Indra Kenz, the case of binary options investment fraud through the Binomo application. Data from the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police stated that there were 144 victims with losses reaching Rp. 83 billion.

Then, the case of binary options investment fraud through the Quotex trading application with the suspect Doni Salmanan. Then, the Fahrenheit trading robot case by PT FSP Akademi Pro with the suspect Hendry Susanto.

The next case of PT TGK around 2020-2022 was reported for money laundering indicated to carry out fraudulent investments under the guise of a ponzi (pyramid) scheme. And fifth, the case of the DNA Pro trading robot by PT DNA Pro Akademi, which runs an unlicensed trading robot business.

"Against the five cases, currently still in the intensive coordination stage between the Bareskrim Polri investigators and Jampidum so that the case can be immediately declared complete in a formal and material manner (P.21)," said Sumedana.

According to Ketut, after the case was declared complete by the research prosecutor and proceeded to the next stage, namely the prosecution stage.

Meanwhile, he continued, four other cases had just received a warrant for the commencement of investigation from the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police, namely PT SMI with A as the reported person who carried out the crime of trading automatically in the form of robotic brokers who did not have a permit in 2017-2022.

Furthermore, PT DCD with AHM as the reported party offered investment products in the form of digital coins without a permit around October 2017 to August 2019, the area of the incident was in South Tangerang.

Then the reported hospital, through the EA C community, committed fraud under the guise of a trading robot and carried out a transaction of buying and selling gold commodities without a permit and as a legal entity. And, it was reported that LD and J as the founders of ATGC A committed fraud against 300 people per member.

"Regarding the identity of the perpetrator and the amount of the loss, it is still in the research stage and the information has not been conveyed to the public," he said.

This case has attracted the attention of the public so that it becomes a priority to be handled with a fast process, including the Kenz and Salmanan cases which are still being investigated.