Police Confiscate Cars And Buildings Related To The Loss Of Money From E-sports Athlete Winda Earl Rp.22.8 Billion In Maybank

Winda Earl (Instagram evos.earl)

JAKARTA - Bareskrim Polri confiscated cars, houses and land related to the loss of Rp. 22.8 billion in an account belonging to e-Sports athlete Winda Lunardi, with the suspect the Head of the Maybank Cipulir Branch initial A.

Karo Penmas, National Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Awi Setiyono said, the seizure was related to the article on money laundering crime (TPPU) which was suspected against A.

"In this case we have confiscated land, cars and buildings," Awi told reporters, Jakarta, Friday, September 6.

According to Awi, the confiscation was carried out because a number of assets were related to the criminal act that was being suspected by the Maybank Branch Head. In the future, investigators will continue to explore other assets.

"Of course we will continue to trace other assets," he said.

Previously, Bareksrim Polri revealed the mode allegedly carried out by the Head of the Maybank Cipulir Branch in the case of the loss of money from e-Sports athlete Winda Lunardi.

Investigators mapped the modus operandi of the Head of the Maybank Cipulir Branch with the initials A, which drained almost all of the money belonging to an e-Sport athlete, Winda D Lunardi alias Winda Earl. Suspect A offered to open a futures account and fabricate data.

"The person concerned offered the victim to open a term account. Meanwhile, the account at the bank itself does not exist," said Awi.

To smooth the action, the Head of the Maybank Cipulir Branch seduced the victim with high interest if he wanted to open a term account. Even though there is no amount of interest for term savings as stated by him.

"The lure is for up to 10 percent (interest) in term. That's very high," he said.

With that mode, the suspect drained Winda Earl's money. The police said that some of the proceeds from the crime were invested in colleagues.

But Awi did not elaborate on the suspect's colleagues who were involved in the vortex of the case. What is certain is that the police will develop a case investigation with the victim.

"Friends of the suspect make it possible to become a potential suspect, who turns the proceeds of crime," said Awi.

With his actions, the suspect was suspected of Article 49 Paragraph (1) and Paragraph (2) of Law Number 10 of 1998 concerning Amendments to Law Number 7 of 1992 concerning Banking. Then Article 3, Article 4 and Article 5 of Law no. 8 of 2010 concerning Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering TP.

This case started when an e-sports athlete, Winda D Lunardi alias Winda Earl, reported about the loss of money in two colleagues worth nearly IDR 23 billion. The report is registered with the number LP / B / 0239 / V2020 / Bareskrim dated May 8, 2020.

In the report, the money that was lost was the result of saving Winda and her mother, Floletta, at Maybank from 2015 to 2020. During five years of saving, the money collected should have reached IDR 22,879,000,000.