Attorney General's Office Seizes Rp11 Billion in Cash in Money Laundering Case Linked to Zarof Ricar Bribery

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has seized cash amounting to approximately Rp11 billion from the office of suspect AW (Agung Winarno) in the alleged money laundering (TPPU) case originating from the bribery offence committed by convict Zarof Ricar. “Approximately Rp11 billion or Rp12 billion in cash,” stated the Director of Investigation (Dirdik) of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) at Kejagung, Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, at the Jampidsus Building of Kejagung in Jakarta on Thursday. In addition to the cash, he continued, Jampidsus investigators also seized gold bars, deposits, and several certificates, such as land ownership certificates and oil palm plantation ownership certificates. All these items are suspected to belong to Zarof Ricar and were entrusted to AW. Syarief explained that the relationship between suspect AW and Zarof Ricar involved a film project titled Sang Pengadil. At that time, Zarof invited AW to provide financial support for the film’s production. The film’s production capital of Rp4.5 billion was divided into three parts. AW contributed Rp1.5 billion, Zarof Ricar Rp1.5 billion, and GR (the production house) Rp1.5 billion. He revealed that AW knew that entrusting these assets was to hide or disguise their origins, which from the outset were suspected to come from a corruption offence in the form of bribery committed by Zarof Ricar. For his actions, AW is charged with violating Article 607 paragraph (1) letter c of Law No. 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code.