Don Ritto's Office and Nurman Herin's Home Searched in Febrie Case
Team 9 of the Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has searched several locations connected to a money laundering case (TPPU) involving 74 kilograms of gold and Rp543 billion in cash belonging to former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah.
Head of the Attorney General’s Office Legal Information Centre, Anang Supriatna, said the searches were carried out by Team 9 investigators on Monday (3/8). He said one of the locations searched was the law office belonging to suspect Don Ritto (DR).
“At present, the investigation team is conducting searches currently under way at several places, namely the office of suspect DR and an associate in South Jakarta,” he explained.
In addition, he said a search was also carried out on a house belonging to suspect Nurman Herin (NH) located in Depok, West Java.
Furthermore, Anang said Team 9, formed by the Attorney General, also searched four companies suspected of being linked to the case in the South Jakarta area, namely the offices of PT HI, PT PIS, PT KPE and PT SME.
“All investigative measures are carried out in accordance with the applicable criminal procedure law and form part of the investigators’ efforts to obtain evidence, clarify the construction of the case, and trace assets suspected to originate from the proceeds of crime,” he said.
Previously, the Attorney General’s Office named Febrie Adriansyah as a suspect in the money laundering case related to the discovery of 74 kilograms of gold and Rp543 billion in cash by a joint team of Polda Metro Jaya and the National Police’s Tipidkor Task Force during a search of a house in Sentul, Bogor Regency, West Java. Febrie later admitted the house belonged to him, and claimed he could account for the items found.
The case, initially handled by the police, was subsequently transferred to the Attorney General’s Office and investigated by Team 9, established by the Attorney General.
After Febrie and Don Ritto were named suspects, the Attorney General’s Office also named a private party, Nurman Herin, as a suspect. He was designated a suspect on suspicion of involvement in the money laundering case alongside Febrie.
Head of Team 9 and Deputy Attorney General for Crime Supervision, Rudi Margono, said the alleged money laundering was committed by Febrie as a prosecutor or structural official during his tenure at the Attorney General’s Office.
In addition, Febrie is implicated in three other cases at the Attorney General’s Office. The first concerns alleged corruption at PT Krakatau Steel. The second relates to alleged corruption in coal procurement for PLN power plants, which resulted in the blackout.
Finally, there is an investigation order (Sprindik) related to alleged corruption in the PT ASABRI case. In this case, Febrie has also been named a suspect alongside private party Don Ritto.