JAKARTA - The National Police confirmed the information regarding the suspect in the theft of the account of an e-Sport athlete Winda Lunardi alias Winda Earl, who never provided an account book and ATM card.
This fact was revealed after the suspect with the initials A, Head of the Maybank Cipulir Branch, was questioned at Polda Metro Jaya on Monday, November 16. The examination was carried out after obtaining permission from the Head of the Tangerang District Court.
"(Actually) they were given books and ATM cards, but the suspect did not give them to Winda's customers," said the Director of Special Economic Crimes at Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Helmy Santika, to reporters, Tuesday, November 17.
During the interrogation it was also revealed that the suspect had visited Herman Lunardi, Winda Earl's father. The suspect's arrival was to entrust the customer's personal data application for opening an account and several money transfer and book-entry application slips which Winda would later sign.
"Then the suspect takes the form to the office and the suspect will fill in the phone number that has been prepared by the suspect if there is a checking from the bank," said Helmy.
Furthermore, Winda Earl's data that he had obtained was immediately entered into the bank system. In this way, the suspect can break into money in Winda's account.
Previously, Winda emphasized that he had never received a savings book and an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card since opening an account at Maybank Indonesia. At that time, the type of savings that Winda and her family opened was a checking account.
Winda assessed that the transaction reports that Maybank gave to Winda as a current account holder were considered safe. This is because the financial transaction data (income) is recorded in the checking account that he holds.
"The type of savings that I opened was a checking account. So regarding ATMs, savings books, we never got it from the start when we opened an account. So when my mother and I opened an account, we never got an ATM card, we didn't get the savings book. ever got it, "he said.
However, Winda Earl said, since February, he and his family began to be suspicious of transaction data in the checking accounts they held. Since then, the family has asked for an explanation from the bank management to clarify these indications.
Winda Earl said that when he submitted the report and asked for an explanation, he actually received the letter that had been resolved.
The suspicion continued until the Esport Athlete found out that Rp.22.8 billion in funds had disappeared when her mother, Floletta Lizzy Wiguna, wanted to take some of the funds. As a result, of Rp. 22.8 billion, only Rp. 600,000 was left.
"I just found out if this problem only arose when my mother wanted to take money but the money was not there. I wanted to ask for a transfer from 2015 to the current period when I was told that I had to have an ATM card, so finally I made an ATM card," he said.
In handling the case, the National Police Criminal Investigation Unit named the Head of the Maybank Cipulir Branch with the initials AT as a suspect. He committed the crime by offering victims to open futures accounts 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.
The suspect is being 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 the Crime of Money Laundering.
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