BGN Warns Public of Fraud Schemes Involving Sale of SPPG Kitchen Outlets
The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) is continuing to investigate allegations of fraud involving the sale of Satuan Pelayanan Pemenuhan Gizi (SPPG) outlets, or free nutritious meal kitchens (MBG). The public is urged to remain vigilant against this fraud scheme.
“In my view, there must be an investigation based on facts,” said Tigor Pangaribuan, Deputy for Systems and Governance at BGN, according to Antara news agency on Tuesday (11 March 2026).
He called on members of the public who receive offers to buy and sell SPPG outlets to immediately report to the Indonesian Nutrition Complaints Centre (SAGI) on call centre 127 so that investigations and follow-up action can be conducted promptly.
BGN Head Dadan Hindayana also urged the public to be careful of business offers claiming to represent the MBG Programme and requesting money or any other form of payment.
“For the public, always be careful and cautious with any business offers whatsoever, including offers to participate in the MBG Programme,” said Dadan.
He emphasised that perpetrators of fraud proven to have misrepresented the MBG Programme will be reported and dealt with strictly under law.
“If the person is known with a clear address, proceedings will follow procedure. If fraud is clear, the case will be reported to law enforcement,” he said.
BGN has discovered widespread fraud using the name of this national nutrition quality improvement priority programme with many different methods. One method, explained by BGN Vice Head Sony Sanjaya, involves tempting people with offers to buy and sell SPPG outlets by individuals demanding specific fees.
“The system has now been closed, so be aware of people who say you can still register because they can get you approved directly. I once received a video of someone distributing information about selling SPPG outlets for Rp200 million. So I checked the ID directly, and the system was shut down so that people who had already paid would not lose out,” said Sony.
The latest case of alleged fraud using the MBG Programme name was carried out by a woman from Perumahan Pondok Permata, Babelan District, Bekasi, West Java. The victims who were defrauded reportedly paid out tens of millions of rupiah. The perpetrator’s method was to tempt victims with promises of opening an SPPG outlet with profits many times over.