Police Reveal Chronology of Alleged Fraud Case Involving Ruben Onsu

Police say the victim in the alleged fraud and embezzlement case involving celebrity Ruben Onsu suffered losses of up to Rp3.5 billion. The head of the Criminal Investigation Unit at the South Jakarta Metropolitan Police, AKBP Iskandarsyah, said the money was sent by the victim to Ruben as investment capital. “The total investment capital of Rp3,500,000,000 belonged to the victim,” Iskandarsyah said when confirmed on Friday (21/8).

Iskandarsyah said the victim handed over billions of rupiah to Ruben after becoming interested in an investment offer in February 2025. “On 6 February 2025, following the reported party’s offer, the victim became interested in investing his funds,” he said.

The South Jakarta Metropolitan Police Criminal Investigation Unit has named Ruben a suspect in the alleged fraud and embezzlement case. Ruben is charged under Article 492 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 486 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 618 of the Criminal Code.

The case involving Ruben originated from police report number LP310/VIII/2025/SPKT/Polres Jakarta Selatan dated 22 August 2025. The report was filed by a person with the initial P, and the victim is DM.

Based on the report, Ruben allegedly offered the victim an investment opportunity. In short, the victim agreed after being promised a number of profits. “The chronology is that the reported party has a business, then offered the victim to invest his funds. The victim then became interested in carrying out the agreement between the victim and the reported party,” said the Head of Public Relations of the South Jakarta Metropolitan Police, AKP Joko Adi Wibowo, to reporters on Thursday (20/8).

However, by the agreed time, Ruben had reportedly not provided the profits he had promised to the victim. “When the agreement deadline arrived, the profits had not been received and the capital had also not been returned. Regarding that, the victim reported this incident to the South Jakarta Police,” Joko said.

Joko said investigators would next schedule an examination of Ruben in his capacity as a suspect the following week. However, Joko did not disclose whether the summons for the examination had been issued. “Yesterday we just named him a suspect, so of course we will schedule to summon him in his status as a suspect. We will likely schedule the examination next week,” he said.