Transfers To Many People Including Ex Stewardess Siwi, Son Of Ex Tax Official Gets Money From His Father's Safe

JAKARTA - Muhammad Farsha Kautsar, son of a former middle tax inspector at the Directorate of Audit and Collection Wawan Ridwan, admitted that he made a number of transfers to several people with money that came from his parents' safe.

"As I said at the beginning. I took from my parents' safe for foreign exchange of Rp. 300 million if it was converted into rupiah. The use of the money was personal for me. The rest of the money people asked for help to exchange and I got a fee from it," said Farsha at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor) reported by Antara, Tuesday, May 10.

Farsha was a witness for the former Head of Registration, Extensification, and Appraisal of the Regional Office of the Directorate General of Taxes of South, West and Southeast Sulawesi (Sulselbartra) Wawan Ridwan who was charged with accepting bribes, receiving gratuities, and committing money laundering.

Farsha admitted that he opened a Bank Mandiri account with his father, Wawan Ridwan, when he was 17 years old because he wanted to study in Bandung.

However, the money transactions in the account were quite large, including Rp. 1 billion, Rp. 869 million, and several foreign exchange transactions originating from money changers.

"Some were sourced from my parents' safe, others I was asked to help someone exchange a number of dollars, and from that exchange I got a fee. I took it from my foreign currency parents and asked people for foreign currency as well," said Farsha.

In the account, according to the public prosecutor, the total funds entered were around Rp. 8 billion.

From that account, Farsha then made transfers to several people, including former Garuda flight attendant Siwi Widi Purwanti worth Rp647.85 million, Adianto Wijaya, Farsha's ex-boyfriend Adinda Rana Fauzah worth Rp39 million for cyst surgery, and transfers to his colleague Bimo Edwinanto, someone named Dian Nurcahyo Rp595 million. In addition, he bought a Mercedes-Benz car.

"The transactions that my brother and parents don't know about," said Farsha.

Farsha also said that he has a car buying and selling business.

"My parents never knew about my business. However, I once offered it to my parents. My parents refused to participate in the business," said Farsha.

In fact, Farsha admitted that the tuition fee per month is Rp. 5 million to Rp. 7 million.

"I said legally what my parents gave me was IDR 5 million to IDR 7 million, which I took from my parents safe without knowing it, the safe in the wardrobe at home was in foreign currency. However, I don't know where the money came from. where," said Farsha.

In the indictment it is stated that Wawan Ridwan together with Farsha Kautrsar from April 2018 to August 2020 carried out money laundering from receiving gratuities received by Wawan Ridwan.

The money was then changed in the form of the first way, by exchanging the receipt of money in the form of foreign currency into rupiah currency in the name of Muhammad Farsha Kautsar in the amount of Rp.8.888.830,000.00; second, transferring to the account of M. Farsha Kautsar on January 28 to April 29, 2019 for IDR 1,204,473,500.00.

Third, buying a watch for Rp. 888,830,000.00; fourth, buying 1 unit of Olander Mercedes Benz C300 Coupe with a value of Rp1,379,105,000.00; fifth, buying tickets and hotels for Rp.987,289,803.00; sixth, buying foreign currency amounting to Rp300 million on May 23, 2019.

Seventh, transferring 21 times to Siwi Widi Purwanti as a close friend of Muhammad Farsha Kautsar in the amount of Rp.647.850.000,00; eighth, transferring to Adinda Rana Fauziah in January 2019 to March 2021 in the amount of Rp. 39,186,927.00, and to Bimo Edwinanto in the amount of Rp. 296 million.

Ninth, transferring several times to Dian Nurcahyo Dwi Purnomo and his family for the business interests of Wawan and M. Farsha Kautsar worth IDR 509,180.000,00 on February 7, 2019 to December 9, 2020.