Attorney General's Office Uncovers "Shadow Company" Linked to Zarof Ricar's Money Laundering Case

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has uncovered a shadow company or shell company established by suspect Zarof Ricar and Agung Winarno in the investigation of a money laundering (TPPU) case originating from a bribery offence committed by Zarof Ricar. “It’s like their paper company, created to disguise the proceeds of crime, layered into the form of a company set up between Zarof and Agung,” said the Head of the Legal Information Centre (Kapuspenkum) of Kejagung, Anang Supriatna, in Jakarta on Wednesday. He revealed that the investigative team from the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) has conducted searches to pursue assets belonging to Zarof Ricar in the TPPU case. The seized assets include five containers containing 1,046 documents consisting of ownership documents for palm oil plantations, houses/buildings, companies, and a hotel. In addition, investigators also found money in foreign currencies and rupiah, deposits, luxury cars, and gold bars. These assets are suspected to be related to money laundering through the shadow company. “The shadow company used to hold the proceeds from criminal offences. So that’s the TPPU,” he said. It is known that Zarof Ricar and Agung Winarno have been named as suspects in the TPPU case originating from a bribery case by Zarof Ricar. The two are known to be involved in a film project titled “Sang Pengadil”. At that time, Zarof invited Agung to provide financial support for the making of the film. The capital for the film production amounting to Rp4.5 billion was divided into three parts. Agung provided Rp1.5 billion, Zarof Rp1.5 billion, and GR (the production house) Rp1.5 billion. In 2025, Agung was contacted by Zarof to keep documents such as land certificates, deposits or money, and others, which were delivered to Agung’s office. Agung knew that the entrustment of these assets was to hide or disguise the origin of the assets, which from the beginning were suspected to originate from corruption in the form of bribes committed by Zarof. Zarof Ricar himself is a former Supreme Court (MA) official and a convict in a suspected bribery and gratification case. He was sentenced for conspiring in bribery in handling the cassation-level case of convicted murderer Ronald Tannur. The sentence against Zarof Ricar was increased at the appeal level to 18 years in prison. Previously, the Corruption Court (Tipikor) at the first instance imposed a sentence of 16 years in prison.