How Rafael Alun Laundered Money Will be Revealed by the KPK in Court

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) confirmed that the way former Director General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) Rafael Alun Trisambodo circulated money from gratuities would be opened in court. All assets and flows to other parties will be investigated during the investigation.

"So that it becomes a legal fact that we will reveal in the trial process later," said Head of KPK Reporting Section Ali Fikri to journalists, Wednesday, August 9.

Currently, said Ali, the Corruption Eradication Committee continues to look for investments made by Rafael from the gratuity proceeds. One of them, at PT Pos Indonesia and other companies.

This is because the crime of money laundering (TPPU) means that there is an attempt to disguise the proceeds from corruption practices. "We will continue to explore it by confirming it to other parties," he said.

As previously reported, it was suspected that the KPK received gratuities of USD 90.000 from several taxpayers through his company, PT Artha Mega Ekadhana (AME). This acceptance occurred since 2011 when he served as Head of Tax Audit, Investigation, and Collection at the Regional Office of the Directorate General of Taxes East Java 1.

Next, the KPK named Rafael as a suspect in the alleged crime of money laundering (TPPU). He is suspected of diverting or disguising the hot money he received.

Investigators have confiscated a number of Rafael's assets that are suspected to be related to this case. Among them are Toyota Camry and Land Cruiser cars, big motorbikes of the 1,200 CC Triumph type.

It didn't stop there, the anti-corruption commission also confiscated 20 assets in the form of land and buildings scattered in a number of cities such as Yogyakarta and Manado. Its value reached IDR 150 billion.