The Attorney General's Office Confiscates 2 Million US Dollars From Achsanul Qosasi And Sadikin In The 4G BTS Corruption Case

Evidence of US dollar money confiscated in the BTS 4G corruption case of the Ministry of Communication and Information/PHOTO: Rizky Adytia-VOI

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) confiscated 2.021 million United States (US) dollars from suspects Achsanul Qosasi and Sadikin Rusli. The money is related to the alleged corruption case and money laundering (TPPU) of the BTS 4G Kominfo project.

"Today, November 16, 2023, at around 5 pm, the Attorney General's Office for Special Crimes has succeeded in seeking to return and hand over some money, amounting to 2,021,000 US Dollars from brother AQ and brother SDK," said the Director of Investigation at the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Kuntadi, Thursday, November 16.

The confiscation was carried out after the money, which when transferred to the rupiah worth Rp31.4 billion, was handed over by each suspect to investigators.

The money was given by the suspect Irwan Hermawan through the defendant Windi Purnama.

However, from the results of the deepening, the allocation of money is not a matter of securing the 4G BTS corruption case. Instead, disclosing the results of the project audit that had stalled.

"We ensure that the receipt of money by AQ is an effort to condition the results of the BPK audit which at that time was conducting an audit related to the construction project for the 4G BTS project," he said.

Therefore, the investigative team is still developing the flow of funds. Including the possibility that other Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) personnel will also receive it.

"Currently, we are still directing the investigation team to investigate whether the money they have received has been distributed to other parties," said Kuntadi.

Achsanul Qosasi is the 16th suspect in the mega corruption case of the 4G Bakti Kominfo BTS infrastructure development project which cost the state finances Rp8.32 trillion.

He received money from Windi Purnama and Sadikin. Meanwhile, the amount of money handed over is said to have reached Rp40 billion.

So, in this case, Achsanu Qosasi was charged with Article 12B, Article 12e or Article 5 paragraph (2) letter b in conjunction with Article 15 of the Anti-Corruption Law or Article 5 paragraph (1) of the Money Laundering Law.