Agung Winarno Detained as TPPU Suspect in Zarof Ricar Case

JAKARTA - The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) immediately detained suspect Agung Winarno (AW) after designating him in the alleged money laundering (TPPU) case related to convicted prisoner Zarof Ricar, a former Supreme Court (MA) official.

Head of the AGO’s Legal Information Centre, Anang Supriatna, stated that the detention will last for the next 20 days at the Salemba Detention Centre Branch of the South Jakarta District Prosecutor’s Office.

“The suspect is being detained for 20 (twenty) days ahead at the Salemba Detention Centre Branch of the South Jakarta District Prosecutor’s Office,” Anang said in his statement on Thursday (16/4/2026).

In this case, Agung is alleged to be involved in money laundering efforts related to the predicate crime of bribery committed by Zarof Ricar.

The case originated from a collaboration between Agung and Zarof on the film project “Sang Pengadil”.

However, in its development, Zarof is said to have entrusted various assets to Agung in mid-2025, ranging from land certificates, cash, to gold bars.

These assets were then stored at Agung’s office in the Kramat Jati area, East Jakarta.

“During the search conducted at the office of suspect AW located at Jalan Dewi Sartika Number 192, Kramat Jati Village, Cawang Subdistrict, East Jakarta, the Investigation Team found 5 boxes containing documents in the form of land certificates belonging to Convicted Prisoner Zarof Ricar,” Anang revealed.

The Prosecutor’s Office suspects that Agung knew that the entrustment of these assets was intended to conceal or disguise the origin of wealth derived from corruption crimes in the form of bribes.

For his actions, Agung is charged with violating Article 607 paragraph (1) letter c of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code.

Zarof then filed an appeal. The decision was instead imposed more heavily with 18 years in prison.

Undeterred, Zarof filed a cassation to the Supreme Court, resulting in the 18-year prison sentence being further upheld by the panel of judges.

Zarof was found guilty of receiving gratuities exceeding Rp 1 trillion, consisting of Rp 915 billion in cash and 51 kilograms of gold.

Investigators also seized nearly Rp 1 trillion in cash, including 74,494,427 Singapore dollars, 1,897,362 US dollars, 71,200 euros, 483,320 Hong Kong dollars, and Rp 5,725,075,000, which are suspected to originate from case handling.