Sad Story Ardi's Wife Who Was Detained Because BCA Wrongly Transferred Rp. 51 Million, Confused About Buying Milk For Her Three Toddlers

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SURABAYA - Devi Rahmawati, the wife of the defendant in the BCA wrong transfer case of Rp. 51 million, Ardi Pratama, was confused about how to support her three children who are still under five. Devi admits that she doesn't have money to buy milk for her three children.

"I hope for justice, mas. I am confused about how to provide for the children 's daily needs, to buy milk. I don't even have daily meals, sometimes with relatives and neighbors," said Devi, confirmed, Tuesday, March 2.

Devi admits that she has three children who are still toddlers. The first child is 5 years old, the second child is 4 years old and the third child is 2 years old. Now, Devi must be willing to be left by her husband who is serving a period of detention, and hopes for justice so that her husband can be free from prison.

Devi admitted that Ardi was the backbone of the family, which had to support his wife and children. Now, Devi lives in confusion, despite the help and compassion of her siblings and neighbors.

"I also can't work, because the children are still small. The youngest child who is scheduled to go to Kindergarten (TK) school also cannot, making it difficult to eat everyday," he said.

Devi said that the wrong transfer from BCA occurred at 24.00 WIB, March 17 2020. Furthermore, two people from BCA confirmed to her husband 10 days later that there was a transfer error.

"There Bu Nur and Ida, a BCA employee, came to the house, explaining that there was a wrong transfer. But my husband had a good intention to return it in installments of Rp. 2 million a month, but he was refused," he said.

In fact, said Devi, her husband was trying to collect the Rp. 51 million in a short time, to be able to return it. However, said Devi, BCA again rejected her when her husband wanted to return the money in full cash.

"So there was a good intention to return it in full. I was just asking for justice, why was it not spoken well, in a family manner, not immediately reported to the police," he said.

On November 10, 2020, Ardi was officially named a suspect and detained on charges of Article 855 of Law Number 3 of 2011 and TPPU Law Number 4 of 2010. Currently, Ardi is facing trial for his case at the Surabaya District Court (PN). The plan is for the father of three children to undergo a verdict on Thursday, March 4, 2021.

"So my husband has a good intention to return it, but I just ask for justice. Why didn't he tell me well, as a family, he immediately reported it to the police," said Devi.

Meanwhile, Ardi Pratama's attorney, R Hendrix Kurniawan, regretted that this case ended in a legal process.

Because he said, his client was in good faith to return the Rp. 51 million. Surprisingly, BCA refused.

"After Ardi was already looking for money and wanted to return the Rp. 51 million, BCA refused and asked to be handed over to a person, namely NK," said Hendrix.

Ardi was reported to the police by NK (at that time a BCA employee) who entered the wrong account number and money entered Ardi's account. Ardi received two summons from BCA, and was immediately approached by the legal department of BCA.

"In essence, BCA asked for the full amount of Rp. 51 million. But when the Rp. 51 million was about to be returned, BCA refused," he said.

Hendrix then questioned what happened to Ardi's money in the BCA account, considering that around Rp. 15 million was deposited. Meanwhile, BCA has unilaterally blocked Ardi's account.

"Before the account was blocked by BCA, Ardi had time to deposit cash as much as Rp. 5 million into a personal BCA account, and it turns out that around Rp. 10 million was deposited in funds," he said.

"My client asked the BCA officer at the time, and it was explained that BCA and Ardi had no problem, because NK had already paid back the money through his pension," he continued.

Hendrix said that if there was a desire to resolve this case properly, BCA should have met the client with the reporter. Thus, Ardi was able to hand over the money to the reporter, and this was witnessed by BCA.

"It should be mediated directly in order to clear it, so that there is no further matter. But this is strange," he said.

Ardi was finally summoned by the police with the status of a witness in October 2020. Then on November 10, 2020, Ardi was officially named a suspect on charges of Article 855 of Law Number 3 of 2011 and TPPU Law Number 4 of 2010.

"At that time, our client was arrested and detained until now. I am confused about this article of embezzlement. This case of embezzlement occurs if both parties, or through an intermediary, knew each other beforehand. If they did not know each other and did not go through an intermediary, how could it be called embezzlement. , "he said.