Telusuri Police Traces Of Fund Disposal From Arisan Bodong In Bengkulu Who Capai Miliaran

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JAKARTA - Investigators from the Rejang Lebong Police, Bengkulu are still investigating the flow of fraudulent social gathering funds that caused hundreds of participants to suffer cumulative losses of up to billions of rupiah.

Rejang Lebong Police Chief AKBP Tonny Kurniawan represented by Head of Criminal Investigation Unit AKP Sampson Sosa Hutapea, said the fake social gathering dealer or social gathering aka BO (24), a resident of Karang Anyar Village, had been secured Monday, July 4 in Teladan Village, with her husband AS (27).

"Currently we are still tracing where the money flows. We are still waiting from the relevant bank because the process of requesting a transfer of the bank account must be approved by the head of the branch and that too with a letter of application from the Chief of Police," he said, Friday, July 8, quoted from Antara.

Of the dozens of evidence that was secured, his party contained three bank account books, two in the name of BO, and an account in the name of her husband AS, of which from these three account books one account still contains Rp7 million.

As for the other two bank accounts, he said, the data will still be disclosed to find out the contents and where the flow of funds is given.

So far, from the suspect's confession, the act alone does not involve her US husband, who is currently still a witness.

Adapun modus arisan yang dikelola tersangka ini, ujar dia, sama dengan modus investasi atau arisan bodong lainnya dengan menggunakan skema ponzi, yakni uang dari nasabah dua untuk memperla cover nasabah satu, begitu selanjutnya sampai dengan nasabah terakhir yang paling banyak mengalami kerugian.

According to him, the suspect is currently charged with violating Article 372 of the Criminal Code on Embezzlement, and 378 of the Criminal Code on Fraud with a threat of eight years in prison.

In addition, the suspect was also subject to a violation of Article 46 of the Banking Law which reads that whoever collects public funds without a permit is threatened with a penalty of 15 years or a fine of Rp. 200 billion.

This case began when the suspect opened an online social gathering in 2018 and ran normally until 2021. However, along with this social gathering trip, the perpetrators have embezzled the social gathering funds so that this has become arrears for the perpetrators.

Then in early 2022, the perpetrators re-opened this social gathering with a slot pass mode and it was offered to potential participants, which turned out to be fictitious data used to cover the losses it had previously used.