Hundreds Of Victims Of Net89 Trading Robot Complaints To Bareskrim, Atta Halilintar Until Mario Teguh Reported

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JAKARTA - Hundreds of victims of Net89 trading robot fraud reported five artists to the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police. The report was because they were suspected of being involved in promoting and receiving a flow of funds. "We also on this occasion intend to report public figures such as Atta Halilintar, Taqy Malik, Kevin Aprilio, Adri Prakasa and Mario Teguh because they participated in promoting the fraudulent investment," said the victim's lawyer, Zainul Arifin to reporters, Wednesday, October 26. Artists or public figures reported include Atta Halilintar, Taqy Malik, Kevin Aprilio, Adri Prakarsa and Mario Teguh. Especially for Atta Halilintar, it is said that he promotes and receives a flow of funds amounting to Rp. 2.2 billion. The money was obtained from the results of the bandana auction purchased by Reza Paten as the founder of Net89. "Receiving the grant can be subject to Article 5 of TPPU. Now this is the money that Reza Paten gave as the founder of Net89 to Atta Halilintar," said Zainul. Then, it is also said that Taqy Malik received an auction fund of Rp. 300 million and Kevin Aprilio allegedly participated in promoting Net89 through Zoom Meeting. In fact, 230 victims were said to have suffered losses of up to Rp28 billion. This is because everyone can invest money from Rp1.5 million to Rp1.8 billion. "Currently, the reporting process is still ongoing and the LP process is being consulted," said Zainul. For information, the Directorate of Special Economic Crimes (Dittipideksus) of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has named eight suspects in the alleged fraud case of the Net89 trading robot. The suspects are high-ranking officials of PT Simbiotic Multitalenta Indonesia (SMI). The suspects are AA as the founder or owner of Net89 or PT SMI, LSH as the director, and ES as a member and operator. Then LS, AL, HS, FI, and D, all of which are sub-operators of the Net89 trading robot. In this case, the suspects were charged with multiple articles, including Article 378 of the Criminal Code, Article 372 of the Criminal Code concerning fraud. Then, Article 106 of Law Number 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation Amendments to Law Number 7 of 2014 concerning Trade, and Article 105 of Law Number 7 of 2014 concerning Trade. Also, Article 3, Article 4, Article 5 and Article 6 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning TPPU with a maximum threat of 20 years.