Attorney General's Office Investigates Asabri's Corruption Fund Flow Related To Bitcoin

AGO Building (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The investigating team of the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) at the Attorney General's Office investigated the Director of PT. Indonesian National Indodax. Investigation to trace the alleged flow of funds from PT. Asabri's corruption to a bitcoin buying and selling company.

"Since being examined as a witness, it is certain that there must be a suspect who is suspected of using the facility," said Director of Investigation at the Attorney General's Office of Jampidsus, Febrie Adriansyah at the AGO's Round Building, quoted by Antara, Friday, April 16.

Apart from the OAD, Jampidsus investigators examined four other witnesses, namely SH as the "nominee", MM as a private employee, and ACA as an employee of PT Henan Putihrai Aset Manajemen.

Febrie said the investigation was to investigate whether the suspect Asabri had stored or deposited funds in bitcoin.

"Is this in the interest of keeping or hiding, now this is being deepened," said Febrie.

According to the AGO, the suspects Benny Tjokrosaputro and Heru Hidayat are suspected of using the bitcoin facility at PT Indodax Nasional.

"It remains related to the special suspects Benny Tjokro and Heru Hidayat," said Febrie.

In this case, AGO investigators estimated the value of state financial losses to be IDR 23.73 trillion. The state losses, in this case, were far greater than in the Jiwasraya case.

The Attorney General's Office Junior Attorney for Specific Crime named nine suspects in the investigation of a suspected corruption case in the management of finance and investment funds by PT Asuransi Angkatan Bers Revolusi Republik Indonesia (Asabri).

The nine suspects are the Director of PT. Asabri for the period 2011 to March 2016, Mayjen Purn. Adam Rachmat Damiri, Managing Director of PT. Asabri for the period March 2016 July 2020 Lieutenant General Purn. Sonny Widjaja, Finance Director of PT. Asabri for the period of October 2008 June 2014 Bachtiar Effendi, as well as the Director of PT. Asabri for the period 2013-2014 and 2015-2019 Hari Setiono.

Next Head of the Investment Division of PT. Asabri July 2012, January 2017 Ilham W. Siregar, Managing Director of PT. Prima Network Lukman Purnomosidi, and Director of PT. Jakarta Emiten Investor Relations Jimmy Sutopo, Managing Director of PT. Hanson International Tbk. Benny Tjokrosaputro, and Commissioner of PT. Trada Alam Minera Heru Hidayat.

Both Benny and Heru are suspects in the corruption case at PT. Asuransi Jiwasraya.

In addition, the Attorney General's Office has attached articles of money laundering (TPPU) to three suspects, namely Benny Tjokrosaputro, Heru Hidayat, and Jimmy Sutopo.