For The Sake Of Enjoyment Of 3 Wives, Men In Cianjur Illegally Embezzled Taxes For 2 Years And Made A Profit Of Rp.2.7 Billion

Heri Sutarno, the perpetrator of tax evasion at PT Aurora Cianjur, West Java (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The police have arrested former accountant Heri Sutarno (56) for allegedly being involved in tax evasion of the company PT Aurora, located in Cianjur, West Java, amounting to IDR 2.7 billion.

Heri's actions were carried out from 2016 to 2018 with the mode of increasing the corporate tax value from IDR 50 million to IDR 100 million per month.

Kapolsek Sukaluyu AKP Anaga said that the perpetrator was arrested after officers received information on the whereabouts of a former chief accountant at PT Aurora who had returned to his young wife's house. Heri has been on the officer's red list of fugitives.

"The perpetrator was fugitive for 2 years after the company made the report, even the perpetrator has entered the Cianjur Police DPO since 2 years ago for embezzling Rp2.7 billion in tax money, according to the report," said the Anaga police chief.

Every month the perpetrator increases the value of the tax charged to the company, starting from Rp. 50 million to Rp. 100 million. The difference in paid tax money is what the offender enjoys to pay for his 3 wives.

"For tax payments to the state it was not disturbed, but the proposed difference caused losses to the company, so the perpetrator was reported to the authorities. However, before being arrested, the perpetrator fled to various regions including Central Java," he said.

The perpetrator will be charged under Article 372 KHUP for embezzlement of tax money which resulted in the company where he worked suffered a total loss of IDR 2,764,541,460. Currently the perpetrator is already in detention at the Sukaluyu Police Headquarters and will then be transferred to the Cianjur Prosecutor's Office.

Based on the statement of the perpetrator before the officer, the tax evasion money was used to finance his old wife in Tangerang, Banten, and two of his young wives in Cianjur and used to escape to Yogyakarta.

"Every month the funds I embezzle start from Rp. 50 million to Rp. 100 million. I pay taxes to the country, but every month I take a difference from the company. I use the money for the daily needs of my three wives and to escape. "said the perpetrator.