Case Files of DBS Singapore’s Break-ins Case Sent to District Attorney

Jakarta - The East Jakarta District Attorney, Wednesday (24/05), received the transfer of the Case Files of the Bank DBS Singapore’s Break-ins Case with the Suspect Ida Ayu Kartika (IAY) from the Police Criminal Investigation Unit (PCIU). The case was declared complete (P21) by the Attorney General's Office on Thursday, 03 May 2018, and the East Jakarta District Attorney will immediately forwarded it to Court for trial process.

Suspect IAY has received Fund Transfer Without Rights and Money Laundering Crime as intended in Article 85 of Act Number 3 of 2011 concerning Fund Transfer and Article 3 of Law Number 8 Year 2010 concerning Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering Crime.

Joko Birowo as Police Criminal Investigator when met by media crew said that PCIU had found the legal facts of the alleged act of Mrs. IAY Kartika has deliberately received funds without rights on the account of BCA on behalf of PT. Citraayu Samudera Biru on December 30, 2016 is from the Bank DBS Singapore on behalf of the owner of the account of the company Green Palm Capital Corp. USD 100,000.00.

After the funding of USD 100,000.00, the funds are withdrawn cash by using check as many as 15 (fifteen) times in some branch office of Bank BCA and then submitted for the benefit of bank breaker network (the party borrowing account of PT Citraayu Samudera Biru) and some fund for personal interest of suspect. On investigation conducted by PCIU, investigators have conducted confiscation of evidence related to the crime result, among others 1 (one) unit of Mercy vehicle and cash Rp. 200.000.000, -.

The result of the investigation proves that there are other parties who have made the transaction on the account by falsifying the transaction application (Telegraphic Transfer Form) by using the copy paste of the account holder's signature. Meanwhile, the DBS Singapore Bank is suspected of not conducting a call back procedure to the account owner to request approval to run the transaction.

In the investigation process, some peculiarities related to the Telegraphic Transfer Form (TT) received by DBS Bank Singapore are edited or falsified and it is believed that they are not products or made by Owner, among others: the difference of shape and size of the printed letter from the original TT form, the replacement of the word / contains the data and it becomes clear the target destination of the recipient and the fake TT Form is sourced from the soft copy of the fabricated pdf.

As a result of this incident the reporter suffered a material loss of USD 950.000, - on the receipt of funds without rights in the Bank residing in Indonesia alone, while the total loss of total customers of USD. 1,860,000.00, - (including transfer of funds to China and Hongkong Countries).

Suspect IAY will be detained in accordance with the SOP. The PCIU has seized as evidence 1 car Mercy and the suspect has handed over money Rp. 200.000.000 (two hundred million rupiah) for confiscated. The suspect had been cooperative, Ahmad Muhlisin, SH MH said. Muhlisin is the Head of East Jakarta Public Prosecutor's Office. Elsewhere the Legal Counsel of the suspect confirms his client will be arrested due to in accordance with applicable procedures.

Related to the crime of break-ins of customer funds at DBS Bank Singapore with the acknowledgment of Article of Crime Receiving Fund Transfer Without the Right and Money Laundering Crime as intended in Article 85 of Act Number 3 of 2011 concerning Fund Transfers and Article 3 of Law Number 8 year 2010 on Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering Crime, East Jakarta Court has passed the decision on Monday 30 April 2018, against the defendant in the case of the burglary of DBS Bank Singapore, Robiatun Sa Diah alias Irawati Kurniawan based on Court ruling led by Wendra Rais, SH, MH as chairman of the panel of judges read the verdict of defendant Robiatun, who was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment and a fine of Rp. 1 Billion or an additional six months' confinement if unable to pay, since it has been proven to have violated the article in accordance with 1, 2 and 3 indictments.

Robiatun is the first case to be terminated by the court for "Transfer without rights" from DBS Bank Singapore to BRI, worth US $ 300,000 with the total amount successfully transferred from DBS Singapore in 9 transactions amounted to US $ 1,860,000. A total of US $ 950,000 was transferred to banks in Indonesia, namely BRI (Robiatun), BCA (IAY), Mandiri and Danamon, the rest were transferred to Hong Kong and China. (Team)