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JAKARTA - The Directorate of Special Economic Crimes, Bareskrim Polri, uncovered a fraudulent investment case for a global viral blast trading robot. This fraud case caused a loss of IDR 1.2 trillion.

"We continue to reveal fraudulent investment actors using trading robots or Binary Options, we continue to reveal, of course, those that are detrimental to the community," said Director of Special Economic Crimes at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency Brigadier General Whisnu Hermawan to reporters, Monday, February 21.

In this case, three people were named as suspects, namely, RPW, ZHP, and MU. However, there is still one perpetrator who is still at large.

In carrying out their actions, the suspects used a ponzi scheme which is a fraudulent investment mode with a pattern of paying profits to investors from their own money or money paid by subsequent investors, not from profits made by the individuals or organizations that run these operations.

"We are investigating that there are allegations of a pyramid crime, which is estimated to have reached 1,200 members with an investment of approximately IDR 1.2 trillion," said Whisnu.

In addition, these three suspects also have the same role. They look for potential victims and deceive with investment seduction.

"The criminal case of money laundering with the predicate crime of trafficking that has occurred since 2020 until now in Jakarta and other areas in the Republic of Indonesia," said Whisnu.

Meanwhile, in this case the suspects are suspected of under Article 3 or Article 4 or Article 5 or Article 6 in conjunction with Article 10 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering (TPPU) with a prison sentence of 15 years and a fine of Rp. 1 billion.

Then, they were also charged with Article 105 in conjunction with Article 9 and/or Article 106 in conjunction with Article 24 Paragraph (1) of Law Number 7 of 2014 concerning Trade with a threat of 10 years imprisonment and a maximum fine of Rp. 10 billion, and Article 55 of the Criminal Code.


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