The Attorney General's Office Names 2 Corruption Suspects As Well As Taspen Life Money Laundering

Suspected corruption Taspen Life/ANTARA HO Puspenkum Kejagung

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office has named two people as suspects in cases of alleged corruption and money laundering (TPPU) in the management of investment funds at PT Asuransi Jiwa Taspen (Taspen Life) for the 2017-2020 period.

The two suspects are Maryoso Sumaryono, former President Director and Chairman of the Investment Committee of PT Taspen Life and Hasti Sriwahyuni, as Beneficial Owner Group of PT Sekar Wijaya, including PT Prioritas Raditya Multifinance (PRM) which issued the Medium Term Note (MTN) Prioritas Finance in 2017.

"To speed up the investigation process, both of them were detained for 20 days starting from March 29 to April 17, 2022 at the Salemba Rutan at the Attorney General's Office," said Head of the Attorney General's Office for Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) Ketut Sumedana, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, March 29. .

Ketut said that in the ML crime, only one suspect was named, namely suspect Hesti Sriwahyuni (HS) who played a role in engineering PT PRM's financial statements as if PT PRM was financing the factoring of Sister Company's receivables, where in fact no company activities were carried out without a due diligence process.

Suspect HS also played a role in providing blank checks as a guarantee for Buyback MTN if until December 10, 2017 it could not be upgraded to RDPT.

"The suspect HS regulates and determines the use of the MTN disbursement funds outside the purpose for which the MTN was issued, namely for personal and PT Sekar Wijaya Group interests," said Ketut.

Meanwhile, the suspect Maryoso Sumaryono has the role of approving investments in the Fund Management Contract (KPD) managed by PT Emco Asset Management with the underlying MTN Prioritas Finance 2017, without considering the recommendations of the investment analysis results.

The suspect also signed the Instruction Transaction Introduction Sheet (LPTI), transfer of books and checks related to investments in KPD managed by PT Emco Asset Management with the underlying MTN Prioritas Finance 2017.

"Suspect MS initiated the settlement of the MTN Prioritas Finance 2017 guarantee through an investment scheme in Minna Padi Pasopati mutual funds, Minna Padi Indraprastha Sharia Mutual Funds, PNM Stocks Leading Mutual Funds and Insight Bhineka Balance Fund Mutual Funds," said Ketut.

The short position of this case, on October 17, 2017 PT Asuransi Jiwa Taspi placed an investment fund of Rp. 150 billion in the form of KPD in PT Emco Asset Management as the Investment Manager with an underlying in the form of MTN PT PRM which was previously known to have not received an investment grade.

Then, the MTN search funds by PT PRM were not used in accordance with the objectives of the MTN in the MTN issuance agreement, but directly flowed and distributed to the PT Sekar Wijaya Group of Companies and several parties involved in the issuance of PT PRM's MTN resulting in default.

To cover the MTN default from the financial statements of PT Asuransi Jiwa Taspen, Ketut continued, then it was made as if it had been repaid by selling the collateral land located in Solo for the amount of PT PRM's obligations to PT Asuransi Jiwa Taspen to PT Nusantara Alamanda Wirabhakti and PT Bumi Mahkota. Jaya.

"In fact, the money used to give the money came from the finances of PT Asuransi Jiwa Taspen which was issued wrapped in investment transactions through several mutual funds which were then controlled to buy certain shares," said Ketut.