Polda Metro Seizes Hanania Group Assets Linked to Umrah Fraud

The General Criminal Investigation Directorate (Ditreskrimum) of Polda Metro Jaya is continuing to trace assets related to the alleged fraud case involving umrah travel agency Hanania Group. This step is being taken with the hope that the seized assets can later be used to send 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 one of the efforts to send the victims back,” said Polda Metro Jaya’s Director of General Criminal Investigation, Senior Commissioner Iman Imanuddin, in Jakarta on Tuesday (30/6). Iman explained that based on the investigators’ current contextual analysis, some of the suspect’s assets have been seized and others have been secured in several regions. However, these assets are known to be registered under other people’s names to disguise their ownership origins. The identified assets consist of movable and immovable property. “There are movable assets, there are immovable assets. There is land, there are buildings, then vehicles as well,” he said. One asset of significant value was found in the Semarang area of Central Java, in the form of a plot of land. Currently, the police are coordinating so that the asset can be converted into a departure solution for the congregation members who are victims. Iman emphasised the police’s commitment not only to stop at the criminal law enforcement process against the suspect, but also to focus on maximising the restoration of victims’ rights. “We do not stop merely at holding the suspect accountable for their actions, but we also strive as much as possible to help recover the victims’ losses,” Iman stressed. Investigators are currently focused on tracing assets belonging to the boss of Hanania Travel, a suspect with the initials ASF (30), whether registered under a personal name or a company name. The tracing is also being expanded to parties affiliated with the suspect. Based on the results of the interim investigation, the initial estimate of losses in this case reaches Rp95.22 billion. As an initial security measure, the police have blocked three main accounts used by the suspect, both in the name of the company and personally.