Police Involve FBI to Verify US Dollars Seized in Febrie Adriansyah Corruption Case
The Indonesian National Police (Polri) will involve the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United States Embassy to verify the authenticity of US dollar notes seized in a corruption case involving former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus), Febrie Adriansyah. The examination is part of the ongoing investigation into three major corruption cases. “This is a process of verifying the US dollars, Singapore dollars, and other evidence, including gold bars. The US dollars will be checked with the FBI and the US Embassy,” said Head of Public Relations for the Metro Jaya Regional Police, Senior Commissioner Budi Hermanto, to reporters on Monday (13/7/2026).
Authorities are currently working with state-owned pawnshop company PT Pegadaian to verify the authenticity and weight of 74 kilograms of gold bars seized during the investigation. Budi Hermanto explained that the evidence verification is an ongoing process and part of the case handling procedures before the case files are transferred. “This is a process in the handover of the case handling, which is being conducted by a joint investigation team to the Attorney General’s Office,” he stated.
The investigation has involved searches at 12 locations, including Cipete and Sentul in South Jakarta and Bogor, West Java. The total value of seized cash and gold is estimated at over IDR 476 billion. Details of the seizures include: at a location in Cipete, police found documents, mobile phones, SGD 3,130,000, USD 889,965, and IDR 259,159,000, with the total cash value estimated at IDR 60 billion. At a money changer in Cipete, 71 items of evidence and 16 foreign currencies worth approximately IDR 7.2 billion were seized. At a luxury house in Sentul, police seized 74 kg of gold bars, USD 4,767,300, SGD 14,083,800, IDR 100,000,000, documents, mobile phones, and family photos of the suspected owner of the house and safe.
Febrie Adriansyah and Don Ritto have been named suspects by the Police Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas Tipikor) shortly after Adriansyah resigned from his position. The cases relate to alleged corruption in the coal sector, ASABRI, and Krakatau Steel. The case has now been transferred to the Attorney General’s Office with supervision from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and oversight from the House of Representatives’ Commission III through a special working committee.
Chairman of Commission III of the House of Representatives, Habiburokhman, stated that the commission will provide special attention to the legal process. He emphasised that the case involves individuals, not institutions. “We want to ensure that this case proceeds according to the legal corridor and is thoroughly investigated. We also want to ensure there are no excesses, friction, or friction between institutions in handling this case, because this is a case related to individuals, not institutions,” Habiburokhman said during a press conference at the Attorney General’s Office in South Jakarta on Saturday (11/7).