National Police Criminal Investigation Agency detains founder of PT DSI in fraud case

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Special Economic Crimes Directorate (Dittipideksus) of the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim Polri) has detained suspect AS, the founder of PT Dana Syariah Indonesia (DSI), in connection with the alleged fraud by the company. “For the purposes of the investigation based on Articles 99 and 100 of the Criminal Procedure Code, investigators from Dittipideksus Bareskrim Polri have carried out coercive detention measures against suspect AS,” said the Director of Special Economic Crimes at Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General of Police Ade Safri Simanjuntak, in Jakarta on Thursday. Suspect AS has been detained for the next 20 days starting from Wednesday (8/4) at the Bareskrim Polri Detention Centre. Ade explained that the detention was carried out after investigators examined AS as a suspect for the first time on Wednesday (8/4). AS, who also served as Director of PT DSI for the period 2018–2024, was questioned for approximately seven hours. “Investigators posed around 50 questions to suspect AS,” he said. AS is the fourth suspect in this case. Previously, investigators had named three other suspects: TA as the President Director of PT DSI and shareholder of PT DSI; MY as the former Director of PT DSI and shareholder of PT DSI, as well as President Director of PT Mediffa Barokah Internasional and PT Duo Properti Lestari; and the latest suspect ARL as the Commissioner of PT DSI and shareholder of PT DSI. The suspects are charged with committing the criminal act of embezzlement in office and/or embezzlement and/or fraud and/or fraud through electronic media and/or the criminal act of making false entries in bookkeeping or financial reports and/or without supporting valid documents, as well as the criminal act of money laundering (TPPU) in the distribution of public funding carried out by PT DSI using fictitious projects from data or information of existing borrowers (active lenders).