KPK Reveals Rafael Alun Washes Money Up To Tens Of Billions Of Rupiah

Rafael Alun Trisambodo, a former echelon III official of the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance after being questioned at the KPK building in Jakarta. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

JAKARTA - Former official of the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance, Rafael Alun Trisambodo, is suspected of laundering money, which is worth tens of billions of rupiah. This amount could increase because the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) continues to investigate.

"Meanwhile, there are still tens of billions of rupiah (the value of money laundering, ed)," Acting Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK Asep Guntur told reporters at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday, May 11.

Asep did not specify the investigation in question. He only said that checking in the field on assets whose money allegedly came from receiving gratuities was still being carried out.

"Later it will continue to increase (the number, ed) because we have to check. Check what we found," he said.

As previously reported, Rafael Alun was named a suspect in the alleged crime of money laundering. He is suspected of diverting or disguising the heat he received.

Meanwhile, in the gratification case, he allegedly received gratuities of 90,000 US dollars from several taxpayers through his company, PT Artha Mega Ezadhana (AME).

This acceptance is said to have occurred since 2011 when he served as Head of Audit, Investigation, and Tax Collection at the Regional Office of the Directorate General of Taxes East Java 1.

Rafael's number of gratuities can still increase because investigators are still continuing to investigate. Given that the company has handled many clients who have difficulty reporting tax books.