Assets of Hanania Group Boss Under Investigation in Umrah Fund Fraud and Embezzlement Case

The Metro Jaya Regional Police are set to trace the assets of the President Director of PT Khazanah Tamma Internasional, or Hanania Group, identified by the initials ASF, following his involvement in an alleged fraud and embezzlement case involving Umrah pilgrimage funds. This measure is being taken to investigate the movement of funds deposited by prospective Umrah pilgrims into the travel agency.

Furthermore, the Director of General Criminal Investigation of Metro Jaya Regional Police, Kombes Iman Imanuddin, stated that the asset tracing is an effort to recover the funds belonging to the victims. “Regarding the flow of funds, in our law enforcement efforts, we are not solely focused on carrying out legal action or imprisoning someone to hold them accountable for their actions, but also on how to restore or return the losses experienced by the victims,” he said during a press conference on Tuesday (2/6).

“Therefore, we will do our utmost to trace the assets or the flow of funds from the suspect to other parties or where they have been used for other interests, so that they can be used to facilitate the recovery of losses for the victims,” he added.

Iman noted that if the asset tracing is successful, it is hoped that the funds can be used by the victims to perform their Umrah pilgrimage after their initial departure failed. “Furthermore, hopefully, it can be used for the victims to perform their Umrah pilgrimage as they had hoped. We will do our maximum effort to trace the assets and the flow of funds owned by or transferred by the suspect,” he said.

Previously, the police named the President Director of PT Khazanah Tamma Internasional, or Hanania Group, ASF, as a suspect in the alleged fraud and embezzlement case of Umrah travel funds on Friday (29/5). Farhan is currently in detention.

In this case, Farhan is charged under Article 492 of Law Number 1 of 2023 regarding the Criminal Code (KUHP) and/or Article 486 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 607 of the Criminal Code.

From the preliminary investigation, it was revealed that the money deposited by prospective pilgrims was used for purposes unrelated to the pilgrimage process. Additionally, the suspect used the funds to pay several influencers to promote Umrah packages. “Furthermore, some of it was also used to pay influencers, as previously questioned, for marketing purposes,” said Iman.