Jakarta –
Bareskrim Polri named three suspected owners of Viral Blast commit money laundering (TPPU). Police also confiscated accounts cryptocurrency or the suspect’s crypto.
The Head of Sub-Directorate of Money Laundering at the Directorate of Special Economic Crimes (Dittipideksus) Bareskrim Kombes Robertus Yohanes De Deo Tresna Eka Trimana said that the suspects in laundering money were not only tangible assets. Investigators have so far seized tangible assets in the form of cash to luxury cars.
“There are various things, this has shifted, right. Some have entered not only in banking, not only in tangible assets, right,” said De Deo to reporters, Wednesday (23/2/2022).
“But there are also some that we secure are intangible assets. In crypto accounts,” he said.
However, De Deo did not mention in detail the number of assets confiscated by the police. He reminded that new modes of money laundering through digital assets are currently often found by the police.
“Well, this is what we’re still investigating in total, it’s developing. digital currency,” added De Deo.
Previously, the Director General of the Criminal Investigation Department, Brigadier General Whisnu Hermawan, explained that the total members of Viral Blast reached 12,000 people. Whisnu explained that Viral Blast had been under PT Trust Global Karya since 2020, but it turned out that the company was illegal because it did not have a permit from the Financial Services Authority (OJK).
Where does this company not have a permit trading and operationalize it, run robot investment trading under the name Viral Blast where the proceeds of the crime are enjoyed by the administrators and their affiliates,” Whisnu told reporters, Tuesday (22/2).
From the suspects, Whisnu said his party confiscated a number of evidences in the form of money worth SGD 1,850,000, money worth Rp 12,000,000, 12 ATM cards, 4 luxury cars, and 8 units. WL.
As a result of their actions, the suspects were charged with multiple articles, namely Article 3 or Article 4 or Article 5 or Article 6 juncto Article 10 of Law 8 of 2010 concerning Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering (TPPU) and Article 105 juncto Article 9 and/or Article 106 in conjunction with Article 24 paragraph 1 of Law Number 7 of 2014 concerning Trade. The penalties are 15 and 10 years in prison.
Watch the video ‘Victim of Viral Blast Returns to Report to Polda Metro Jaya’:
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