KPK Reveals Finding Officials Have Crypto Assets Of Up To Billions Of Rupiah When Checking LHKPN

Deputy for Prevention and Monitoring of the KPK Pahala Nainggolan. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) revealed that there were officials who reported ownership of crypto assets when examining state administrators' assets (LHKPN) for the 2023 period. However, the number of them did not specify by the Deputy for Prevention and Monitoring of the KPK, Pahala Nainggolan.

This was conveyed by Pahala when asked about the direction of President Widodo (Jokowi) who wanted to quickly investigate the crime of money laundering (TPPU), including those using crypto.

"I examined LHKPN, two people have crypto assets. Each individual has billions (rupiah, ed)," Pahala told reporters at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, April 23.

"The main financial person," he continued.

Despite finding that there are parties who have crypto assets, Pahala agrees that there are limited knowledge related to this.

"I also don't understand, just learned from me, this is true, the price (crypto, red) is like this," he said.

President Jokowi had mentioned that the handling of money laundering offenses must be comprehensively handled by all parties. He made this statement in his remarks attending the 22th Anniversary of the National Anti-Money Laundering Movement and Prevention of Terrorism Financing at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta on Wednesday, April 17.

The former governor of DKI Jakarta asked for steps forward to strengthen regulations and transparency. The reason is that new patterns for money laundering are growing, such as utilizing cryptocurrency, virtual assets, NFT, then local activity, electronic money, and AI.