JAKARTA - The Directorate of Special Economic Crimes (Dittipideksus) of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has handed over six suspects and evidence in cases of alleged criminal acts of fraud, embezzlement, and money laundering using the EDCCash crypto application which is listed as illegal or fraudulent investment.
The delegation from Bareskrim to the Prosecutor at the Attorney General's Office was carried out after the research prosecutor assessed that the investigation file provided by the police investigator was complete or P21 stage II.
"Today Dirtipideksus will hand over the suspect and evidence related to the case edition, which we have revealed a few months ago where this case is an investment or fraudulent or illegal case," said Deputy Director of Special Economic Crimes at the National Police, Kombes Whisnu Hermawan Februanto told reporters, Monday, August 16.
In the second phase of delegation, the investigation files were divided into five. In which, there are six suspects, namely, AY as the top er of EDCCash, BA as an application developer programmer as well as an EDCCash exchanger from August 2018 to August 2020, and EK as EDCCash admin and IT-support.
Furthermore, SY who is AY's wife as EDCCash admin since August 2020, AW as the creator of the EDCCash basecamp launching event, and MR as upline.
Although they have transferred the suspect and the evidence to the Bekasi City Prosecutor's Office, investigators are still developing the case related to money laundering (TPPU).
"(The files are separated) This is related to tracing assets, yes. Investigators are still checking existing tracing assets," said Whisnu. because the assets are quite a lot," continued Whisnu.
In this case, the suspects are suspected of under Article 105 and/or Article 106 of Law Number 7 of 2014 concerning Trade, Article 28 Paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 45A Paragraph 1 and Article 36 in conjunction with Article 50 Paragraph 2 of Law Number 11 Year 2008 concerning Electronic Transaction Information ( ITE).
Then, Article 378 of the Criminal Code regarding the crime of fraud in conjunction with Article 372 of the Criminal Code, Article 3, Article 4, Article 5, and Article 6 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering (TPPU).
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