Christopher Steffanus Named A Suspect, Jessica Iskandar Grateful

Jessica Iskandar (center) accompanied by her husband and attorney (Ivan Two Putra/VOI)

JAKARTA - Jessica Iskandar's report against Christopher Steffanus Budiarto (CSB) alias Steven at Polda Metro Jaya has been developed. Rolland E. Potu, Jessica's attorney said that Steven had been named a suspect.

"On March 7, we received SP2HP (Notification of Investigation Results) regarding the report at Polda Metro Jaya against the reported CSB, the reported party has been named a suspect by Polda Metro Jaya," said Rolland E. Potu during a press conference in Setiabudi, South Jakarta on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.

Rolland said that the increase in CSB status from witness to suspect was the result of a case title carried out by Polda Metro Jaya investigators who handled his client's report.

"To the investigative team, we have presented witnesses to be examined to submit evidence of two sufficient pieces of evidence, investigators believe in the title of the case and the suspect reported with the initials CSB has been determined," said Rolland.

Jessica Iskandar herself as the reporter expressed her gratitude by determining CSB as a suspect. He thanked all parties who had been involved in assisting this case.

"Yang pasti bersyukur, dengan proses yang panjang ini bisa sampai di titik ini itu luar biasa, terima kasih untuk suami, tim pengacara, dan yang pasti saya terima kasih untuk Ditreskrimum Polda Metro Jaya atas penanganan kasus ini dan berlebar bahwa terlapor CSB saat ini telah ditetapkan sebagai tersangka," kata Jessica Iskandar.

"This is the fruit of our struggle to achieve justice. Hopefully this incident will not happen again, for people who do evil, don't mess around, because the law in Indonesia will still be enforced as fairly as possible," he concluded.

For your information, Jessica Iskandar reported Christopher Steffanus Budianto alias Steven to Polda Metro Jaya for the alleged fraud case. Jessica admitted that she lost up to Rp10 billion.

The report has been recorded with the police report number LP/B/2947/VI/2022/SPKT/POLDA METRO JAYA dated June 15, 2022. CSB was reported on suspicion of fraud and/or embezzlement, article 378 of the Criminal Code and/or article 372 of the Criminal Code.