Rafael Alun Charged With Money Laundering Of IDR 101 Billion

JAKARTA - Former official of the Directorate General (Ditjen) of Taxes, Rafael Alun Trisambodo, was not only charged with receiving gratuities. The prosecutor also charged him with money laundering (TPPU) worth Rp. 101 billion.

The value of the money laundering offenses charged is the result of accumulation. Where, Rafael Alun received gratuities in two different periods. Then place it in the financial services provider and spend assets.

"The defendant Rafael Alun Trisambodo together with Erinie Meike Torondek has committed or participated in committing several actions that have a relationship in such a way that it must be seen as a continuing act, deliberately placing the assets he knows or should be suspected to be the result of a criminal act into a financial service provider and paying or spending wealth," said the prosecutor at the Corruption Court (Tipikor), Wednesday, August 30.

In the first period or to be precise from 2002 to 2010, Rafael Alun received gratuities of Rp5,101,503,466.00 (Rp5.1 billion) and Rp31,727,322,416 (Rp31.7 billion).

Then, for the second period or 2011 to 2023, Mario Dandy Satriyo's father received gratuities of Rp11,543,302,671 (Rp11.5 billion), 2 million Singapore dollars or around Rp23,640,311,825 (Rp23 billion) and 937 thousand US dollars or Rp14,851,001,110 (Rp14.8 billion).

When accumulated, the gratification value received by Rafael Alun Trisambodo and then placed by financial service providers and purchases of assets and assets amounted to Rp. 101,426,776,345 (Rp. 101 billion).

"The defendant knew or deserved to suspect that the assets spent on the purchase of land, buildings, vehicles, jewelry, bags, bangets, and bicycles were above and the sob land and in the accounts of other parties aimed at hiding or disguising the origin of their assets, which are the result of criminal acts of corruption in the form of receiving gratuities," said the prosecutor.

Rafael Alun Tisambodo was charged with violating Article 3 paragraph (1) letters a and c of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 15 of 2002 concerning the Crime of Money Laundering as amended by Law Number 25 of 2003 concerning Amendments to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 15 of 2002 concerning the Crime of Money Laundering.

Then, Article 3 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.