Following Youtuber Taqi Malik, Mario Teguh Is Full Of Calls For The Criminal Investigation Unit Of The National Police Regarding The Net89 Robot Trading Fraud Case.

Motivator Mario Teguh (yellow batik) accompanied by his lawyer, Elza Syarif, gave a statement at the National Police Headquarters/VIA ANTARA

JAKARTA - Motivator Mario Teguh visited the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police to fulfill the investigator's summons for questioning regarding the alleged investment fraud in the Net89 trading robot PT Simbiotic Multitalenta Indonesia (SMI). Accompanied by lawyer Elza Syarief and his team, Mario Teguh arrived at the main lobby of the National Police Criminal Investigation Unit at around 10.30 WIB, today. Elza Syarief admitted that his client did not receive a summons from investigators from the Directorate of Special Economic Crimes (Dittipideksus) of the National Police Criminal Investigation Unit regarding the investigation into the Net89 trading robot fraud case. He claimed that his party came on his own initiative because he saw the news. "We don't have a call, you know, we saw it on the news. There was no ( yesterday's call). We have good intentions to explain," said Elza at the Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Jakarta, Antara, Thursday, October 10. His arrival at Bareskrim Polri, continued Elza, was to clarify the summons mentioned by investigators. He still feels that his party did not receive the summons in question. "Later we want clarification to be sent where (calls). Just pray that everything is fine," said Elza. Separately, the Head of Sub-Directorate II of the Dittipideksus Bareskrim Polri, Kombes Candra Kumara, explained that his party had sent a summons to Mario Teguh for questioning on Wednesday. However, the person concerned did not attend without confirmation. "The person concerned (Mario Teguh) did not attend without confirmation," said Candra. Meanwhile, Thursday, investigators also scheduled an examination of YouTuber Taqi Maliq. Taqi Malik has fulfilled the investigator's summons and arrived at the Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Jakarta, at 09.23 WIB. Apart from Taqi Maliq and Mario Teguh, a number of influencers were also investigated in the case, including Atta Halilintar and Kevin Aprillio. Investigators have named eight high-ranking officials of PT SMI Net89 as suspects, namely AA as the founder or owner of Net89 or PTSMI, LSH as the director, ESI as a member and exchangeer, as well as five people as sub-exchangers namely LS, AL, HS, FI, and D. Previously, the attorney for the victims of the alleged fraud, M. Zainul Arifin, stated that there were 230 victims of investment fraud from Net89 SMI from various regions. They suffered varying losses ranging from Rp. 1 million to Rp. 1.8 billion. "So, the total loss is Rp28 billion," said Zainul. He also mentioned that there were 134 suspected perpetrators of alleged investment fraud, five of whom were public figures, seven founders, five CEOs, 37 as leaders, and 51 people as exchanges. "I think these individuals are the schemes used with the ponzi scheme, then with the MLM mode, illegal trading robots, thus harming many victims," said Chandra.