Massive Money Flows Uncovered in Drug Kingpin The Doctor and Ko Erwin's Accounts
The Indonesian National Police’s Criminal Investigation Agency has dismantled the massive fund circulation behind the international drug network of Andre Fernando alias The Doctor and Erwin Iskandar alias Ko Erwin. From just two holding accounts, the money flow was recorded at Rp 211.2 billion.
“Based on the analysis of bank statements from December 2018 to January 2026, a fund turnover of approximately Rp 211.2 billion was recorded, with total incoming and outgoing funds each around Rp 105.6 billion,” stated Brigadier General Eko Hadi Santoso, Director of Narcotics Crimes at the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Agency, in his statement on Friday (24/4/2026), as reported by detikNews.
The findings come from accounts belonging to suspects Muhammad Jainun (45) and Rony Ika Setiawan (39). Both were arrested in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, and West Jakarta on Friday (17/4).
Investigators’ tracing showed that transactions in the two accounts continued to surge from 2021 to 2025. In a single month, the money turnover could reach Rp 3 billion.
Entering the end of 2025, the surge in fund flows became even more pronounced. Large-value transactions began to appear, with amounts reaching billions of rupiah in a single transfer.
“One of the accounts recorded conducting or receiving transactions amounting to more than Rp 8 billion, as well as many others in the range of Rp 3 billion to Rp 6 billion,” he explained.
Investigators also found patterns of smurfing or breaking down transactions with similar nominal values repeated through mobile banking. Additionally, there were patterns of incoming and outgoing funds through the same parties pointing to layering practices.
“Overall, the transaction patterns indicate unusual, structured, and massive financial activities, with strong indications related to money laundering crimes (TPPU) suspected to be connected to a larger international drug trafficking syndicate,” he clarified.
Muhammad Jainun and Rony were arrested on Friday, 17 April 2026. In the operation, Andre Fernando’s network used holding accounts in the names of Muhammad Riiki and Dedek Lusiana to receive drug payments from kingpin Erwin Iskandar alias Ko Erwin.
Previously, the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Agency also arrested four suspects providing proxy accounts to hold proceeds from The Doctor network’s drug crimes. The four suspects consisted of two women with initials DEH (47) from Tasikmalaya and L (45) from Bekasi, as well as two men from East Aceh, namely TZR and M alias Bang Ja.