PPATK Receives Complaints From Tax Consultants Regarding Alleged Money Laundering Rafael Alun Runs Abroad

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JAKARTA - The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) claimed to have received a tax consultant report that was suspected of being nominees or borrowed by a former Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) official Rafael Alun Trisambodo fled. He is said to have fled abroad based on incoming complaints.

"We heard public complaints about this," said PPATK Chairman Ivan Yustiavandana to reporters in Jakarta, Monday, March 6.

Ivan did not specify where the tax consultant had run away. He also did not want to specify his identity.

However, Ivan said that there was a former employee of the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance who worked for the consultant. They already have the data and will be investigated.

"Based on the existing data, we suspect that there are former tax employees who work for the consultant," he said.

PPATK blocks the accounts of Rafael Alun and a tax consultant whose names are allegedly borrowed for transactions or nominees. This blocking is related to an unnatural transaction carried out by Rafael, who has assets of up to Rp56 billion.

PPATK also suspects that Rafael used professional money laundering services with other parties through nominees. However, PPATK Chairman Ivan Yustiavanda did not specify who they were.

"We suspect that there is a money slider professional who has been acting for the benefit of the RAT," Ivan told reporters, Friday, March 3.

As a reminder, Rafael's wealth was in the spotlight after his son, Mario Dandy Satrio, persecuted 17-year-old David. The video of the abuse was widely circulated on social media.

After the case was crowded on social media, Mario's video spread his wealth in the form of a Harley Davidson motorcycle highlighted by netizens. Not only that, but the public also highlighted the ownership of the Rubicon car he used when the persecution took place.

As a result, on March 1, the KPK asked Rafael to come to clarify his wealth which reached Rp56 billion based on the State Administrators Wealth Report (LHKPN).

In the clarification process, the KPK investigated Rafael's assets. Among them, housing owned by his wife in North Minahasa and a house in Yogyakarta.

It didn't stop there, the Rubicon car that Mario often exhibited was also investigated by the KPK. Likewise with Rafael's Harley Davidson, which turned out to be not with a number plate or a fake.