Suspect In The Alleged Fraud Case Of PT Asli Design Indonesia Dismissed From Bareskrim Examination

Karo Penmas Police Public Relations Division Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan/PHOTO: Divhumas Polri

JAKARTA - The National Police's Criminal Investigation Unit (Bareskrim) said that Rionald Anggara Soerjanto, a suspect in the alleged fraud, forgery of letters, and money laundering cases at PT Asli Draft Indonesia, did not fulfill the summons.

Rionald was originally scheduled to give information as a suspect on Thursday, August 11.

"The development that can be conveyed is that the suspect RAS as the Operational Director of PT. Asli Draft Indonesia did not fulfill the schedule for the investigator's summons," said Karo Penmas of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan in his statement, Friday, August 12.

However, it was not explained why Rionald did not fulfill the summons for questioning as a suspect.

Ramadhan said investigators from the Directorate of Special Economic Crimes (Dittipideksus) would reschedule the examination. It is planned that Rionald will give a statement next week.

"Investigators have sent a second summons on Thursday, August 21, 2022 for questioning as a suspect," said Ramadhan.

Meanwhile, Director of Operations at PT Asli Draft Indonesia Agus Christianto confirmed that Rionald would no longer be pursuing his company since August 27, 2021.

In addition, Rionald is suspected of committing a criminal act of fraud while serving as Director of Operations in the period 2018-August 2021.

"In fact, they did nothing, and most of the fees received by the engineering resellers were transferred back to Rionald's account," he said.

Agus said that his party also participated in reporting Rionald Rionald to the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police. The report is about alleged embezzlement in the company's Capital Expenditure (Capex) purchases

"We report the total loss to the company due to alleged criminal acts committed by RAS of approximately Rp. 100 billion. Of this amount that has been proven by investigators, it is worth Rp. 37.4 billion, from the engineering reseller side. Meanwhile, the alleged loss from the Capex purchase side is still being investigated by investigators," said Agus.

Rionald Anggara Soerjanto was named a suspect in a criminal case of embezzlement of office, forgery of letters, and money laundering at PT Asli Draft Indonesia. The determination of the suspect is based on the results of the case title.

The case for determining the suspect was carried out on Monday, August 8, last. Investigators with sufficient evidence believe that Rionald Anggara Soerjanto has committed a crime.

In this case, Rionald Anggara Soerjanto is suspected of committing a crime as stipulated in Article 378 and/or Article 374 and/or Article 263 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 3, Article 4 and Article 5 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the prevention and eradication of the crime of money laundering. (TPPU).