Do Not Want To Comment On Hotman Paris, The Police Focus On Solving The Winda Earl Case

Karo Penmas, National Police Public Relations Division Brigadier General Awi Setiyono (Photo: Rizky / VOI)

JAKARTA - The National Police Headquarters did not want to comment on the statement of Maybank Hotman Paris Hutapea's attorney regarding the loss of Rp22.8 billion in funds belonging to e-Sports athlete Winda Lunardi. This is because it has been included in the investigation material.

"Indeed, overall what is conveyed is included in the investigation material. In fact, the police have a theory that we hold triangle evidence," said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Awi Setiyono, to reporters, Wednesday, November 11.

According to him, his party chose to focus on handling this case. Investigators, he said, were investigating assets and cash flows related to this case.

"Indeed, it will be traced in relation to the flow of funds, then the assets. Investigators are currently tracing assets," he said

Then, his party will also ask for information from money laundering crime experts (TPPU), as well as the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK). That way, it will be seen the burglary process carried out by the Head of the Maybank Cipulir Branch with the initials A.

In addition, banking experts will also be questioned. Later investigators will dig up information about the mode used by the suspect with the initials A.

"The plan is to use Trisakti University banking experts. In the future, investigators will call and examine banking experts from the OJK," he said.

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 Rp. 22.8 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.

As a result of the interim investigation, suspect A committed a crime by offering the victim to open a futures account and falsifying data.

To smooth the action, the Head of the Maybank Cipulir Branch seduced the victim with a high interest rate of 10 percent if he wanted to open a term account. Even though there is no amount of interest for term savings as stated by him.

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.