Attorney General's Office Designates AW as Suspect in Money Laundering Case Linked to Zarof Ricar Bribery, Hides Assets Including Land Certificates
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has designated an individual with the initials AW as a suspect in an alleged money laundering offence (TPPU) case related to the bribery conviction of Zarof Ricar.
Director of Investigations at the Special Criminal Directorate of the Attorney General’s Office, Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, stated that the suspect designation was made on Thursday (16/4/2026).
“The investigation team from the Special Criminal Directorate has designated suspect AW in the money laundering offence case, with the predicate offence being bribery by the convicted Zarof Ricar,” said Syarief during a press conference at the Kejagung building in Jakarta on Thursday.
According to him, the case stems from a cooperative relationship between AW and Zarof in a certain project.
During the search, investigators found various important documents, including land certificates known to belong to Zarof.
Additionally, cash and gold bars were also discovered.
Syarief explained that in 2025, AW received deposits of various assets from Zarof, ranging from land certificate documents, deposits, to cash.
“Suspect AW knew that the deposit of these assets for management by suspect AW was for the purpose of concealing or disguising the origin of the acquisition, having known from the outset that these assets originated from a corruption offence in the form of bribery committed by Mr Zarof Ricar,” said Syarief.
All seized evidence, Syarief continued, is now part of the TPPU case with suspect AW.
Currently, AW has been detained at the Salemba Detention House Branch of the Attorney General’s Office for the next 20 days for investigation purposes.
The value consists of approximately Rp 915 billion in cash and 51 kilograms of gold.
During the search at his residence in the Senayan area, Central Jakarta, investigators also seized cash in various currencies totalling nearly Rp 1 trillion, including Singapore dollars, US dollars, euros, Hong Kong dollars, and rupiah, suspected to originate from case handling.