FBI and US Secret Service Examine Seized Cash in Febrie Adriansyah Case
The Indonesian National Police (Polri) have engaged the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Secret Service to assist in investigating three corruption cases involving former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah. The foreign agencies are examining seized evidence, including US dollar notes.
The Director of the Special Criminal Investigation Directorate (Dirreskrimsus) of the Metro Jaya Regional Police, Kombes Budi Hermanto, stated that the FBI, the US Embassy, and Singaporean authorities were involved to verify the foreign currency. “There is US dollar, Singapore dollar, rupiah, and gold bars. So the FBI and the US Embassy will check the US dollars, and the Singapore Embassy will check the Singapore dollars,” Budi Hermanto told reporters on Monday (13/7).
On Tuesday (14/7), FBI and Secret Service personnel were observed at the Metro Jaya Police’s Special Criminal Investigation building conducting the examination. They departed at 12:45 PM local time.
The evidence was seized from multiple locations. A search at the de’Clan residence in Cipete yielded documents, mobile phones, SGD 3,130,000, USD 889,965, and Rp 259,159,000 in cash, with a total value of approximately Rp 60 billion. A search at a money changer in Cipete resulted in the seizure of 71 items of evidence and foreign currency worth around Rp 7.2 billion. A raid on a luxury house in Sentul uncovered 74 kilograms of gold bars, USD 4,767,300, SGD 14,083,800, and Rp 100,000,000 in cash, with a total value of approximately Rp 476 billion.
Febrie Adriansyah and Don Ritto were named suspects by the Police Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas Tipikor) shortly after Febrie resigned from his position as Jampidsus. The cases involve alleged corruption in coal mining, the social insurance company ASABRI, and the steel producer Krakatau Steel. The case files have been transferred to the Attorney General’s Office, with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) supervising and the House of Representatives Commission III overseeing the process through a special working committee.
House Commission III Chairman Habiburokhman stated that the parliament is paying close attention to the legal process. He emphasised that the cases involve rogue individuals rather than institutions. “We want to ensure that the legal process runs according to the corridor of law and is thoroughly investigated,” Habiburokhman said during a press conference in South Jakarta on Saturday (11/7). He added that the commission would ensure no excesses or friction occur between law enforcement institutions during the investigation.