PPATK Investigate Binomo's Illegal Flow Of Funds To Overseas

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JAKARTA - The Head of Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis (PPATK), Ivan Yustiavandana, stated that his team was investigating the flow of fraudulent funds under the guise of binary options trading or binary options trading from Binomo. Unmitigated, the investigation process was carried out abroad.

"In the case of Binomo, we have collaborated with five Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) abroad, including in the Caribbean and the British Virgin Islands, regarding the flow of funds and their allegations of concealing assets in these countries," Ivan said in a statement. officially, as reported by Antara, Thursday, March 10.

Later, according to Ivan, the results of the investigations in the five countries will be submitted to the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police, who will continue the law enforcement process regarding cases of suspected illegal flow of investment funds. Meanwhile, PPATK Ivan is still investigating the amount of funds flowing abroad, based on transactions made by alleged perpetrators who sometimes do not use their real names on social media.

"We make sure there is no error in persona. So before we submit it to foreign FIUs, we have made sure that the person is valid to help friends abroad identify this party's account there," said Ivan.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police, Komjen Agus Andrianto, hopes that the investment victims will form a joint community to process the law on the fraud case.

"Then they appointed a legal representative and made an inventory of the investments they made. Then together they submitted to the court that all confiscated assets would be returned to the association of victims of this fraudulent investment," he said on the same occasion.

Currently, the National Police have detained four suspects related to illegal investments and confiscated assets such as land, luxury cars, and luxury homes, while still tracking assets that have the potential to be confiscated. The court may later decide to channel the suspect's assets back to the victim.