Alleged Money Laundering, Rafael Alun's Company Targeted By KPK

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigated the company belonging to former officials of the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) Rafael Alun Trisambodo who is suspected of being related to gratification and money laundering. This step was carried out by summoning five witnesses on Tuesday, June 20. The five witnesses examined were the partner of PT Artha Mega Ezadhana, Ary Fadillah; Advisor of PT Cubes Consulting, Heribertus Joko Edi Prama; accounting for Bilik Kopi Equity, Ikhfa Fauziah; Head of KPP Madya East Jakarta (Jaktim) Wahono Saputro; and Head of KPP Pratama Jakarta Kemayoran Budi Susilo. "Confirmation of the company suspected to belong to the RAT and the financial state of the company in question," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters, Wednesday, June 21. All five are also confirmed regarding Rafael's assets. It is suspected that there are assets shared, said Ali. As information, when the investigation of Wahono's name emerged because he had a business with Rafael Alun's wife, Ernie Torondek. Previously, Rafael allegedly received a gratuity of 90,000 United States dollars from several tax obligations through his company, PT Artha Mega Ekadhana (AME). This acceptance occurred since 2011 when he served as Head of the Audit Division, Investigation, and Tax Collection at the Regional Office of the Directorate General of East Java Tax 1. The amount of gratuities received by Rafael could still increase because investigators were still continuing to carry out deepening. Given, the company has already handled many clients who have experienced difficulty reporting tax books.

Next, the KPK again named Rafael as a suspect in the alleged crime of money laundering (TPPU). He is suspected of diverting or disguising the hot money he received. In this development, investigators confiscated a number of Rafael's assets. Among them are Toyota Camry and Land Cruiser cars, Triumph 1,200 CC big motorbikes to rented buildings in Meruya, West Jakarta and boarding houses in Blok M, South Jakarta.