Polda Metro Jaya Traces Hanania Group Assets to Dispatch Umrah Pilgrims

The Directorate of General Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimum) of the Polda Metro Jaya is continuing to trace assets related to the alleged fraud case involving the umrah travel agency Hanania Group, which could later be used to dispatch the victims to the Holy Land. “Hopefully this can be one of our efforts to recover the victims’ losses, or can be used by the victims to reduce their losses, or even our hope is that it can be an effort to send the victims back,” said the Director of General Criminal Investigation at Polda Metro Jaya, Senior Commissioner Iman Imanuddin, in Jakarta on Tuesday. Iman explained that from the asset tracing conducted by investigators, some of the suspect’s assets have been seized and others have been secured in several regions. According to him, the status of the secured assets was registered under other people’s names to disguise their origin. The assets consist of movable and immovable property. “There are movable assets, there are immovable assets. There is land, there are buildings, then there are also vehicles,” he said. “These are the assets currently being coordinated so that they can be converted into a solution for the departure of the pilgrims who are victims,” he stated. He stressed that the police will not stop at the law enforcement process and merely seeking criminal accountability from the suspect, but are fully committed to making maximum efforts to restore the victims’ rights. “We are not stopping here. We are not stopping at just holding the suspect accountable for their actions, but we are also trying our utmost to help recover the victims’ losses,” Iman said. The police stated they are tracing the assets belonging to the Hanania Travel boss who has been named a suspect, identified as ASF (30), both under personal names and company names, to recover the victims’ losses from the alleged umrah travel fraud. The tracing will not be limited to the company or the suspect, but will also extend to parties affiliated with the suspect. “The initial estimate of the alleged total loss, based on our current investigation, is around IDR 95.22 billion,” Iman said. So far, he said, his party has blocked three main accounts used by the suspect, both under the company’s name and under a personal name.