Bareskrim Stop Investigation Of Cases Of Alleged McLaren Car Defenders Fraud

Director of Special Economic Crimes at Bareskrim Polri Brigadier General Whisnu Hermawan (right). (Between)

The Directorate of Special Economic Crimes (Dittipideksus) of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has stopped investigating the alleged fraud in the sale and purchase of luxury McLaren Senna cars with the reporter Tony Sutrisno. The reason was that no criminal element was found in the report.

"According to the case title, it has been done," said the Director of Special Economic Crimes at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency Brigadier General Whisnu Hermawan when confirmed, Wednesday, February 1.

Meanwhile, there was no criminal element found in the police report (LP) registered with the number LP/B/382/VI/2021/SPKT/Bareskrim dated June 12, based on the results of the case title conducted on September 1, 2022.

"Reports with the suspicion of Articles 378 and 372 of the Criminal Code related to fraud, fraudulent acts, and criminal acts of embezzlement, allegedly committed by reported Ian Rian Susanto were terminated because it was not a criminal act as of January 26, 2023," wrote the letter of termination of the investigation.

Separately, Tony Sutrisno's lawyer, Heroe Waskito, said the alleged fraud case started with his client who bought a McLaren Senna car. The purchase was through McLaren's official dealer in Indonesia for IDR 18.5 billion at the end of 2018.

After a gradual payment for six times. However, the McLaren Senna car never came due to problems in managing the car import facility.

"Ian argued that the car that Tony bought was not Indonesian, but British," said Heroe.

In fact, until 2020 the ordered car never came. So, Tony canceled McLaren's purchase and asked for full refunds.

"Our client offered Ian to just cut 30 percent of the money he had paid. But Ian admitted that he did not have money. This is strange," he said.

In fact, his client, continued Heroe, was offered the McLaren car to be sold to another party. Until finally it was agreed that the bid price was IDR 12 billion.

But the promise was not kept. Because, on the day of payment that has been determined, there will be no remittances. Tony also asked for car sales to be canceled.

Apparently, Tony received news that the car he bought had entered Indonesia. The information was obtained from a screenshot of the car on the social media account of one of the workshops.

"Until finally our client made a report at Bareskrim Polri," said Heroe.