Another member of former Citibank executive Inong Malinda Dee's family has been named a suspect in the embezzlement of Citibank client funds.
Ismail, the husband of Malinda's sister Fiska, was detained on Friday shortly he arrived at National Police Headquarters to visit his wife, who was arrested on Thursday.
"Both of them allegedly received around Rp 9 billion ($1.1 million) from Malinda,” said Brig. Gen. Arief Sulistyanto, the police’s director of special crimes.
“They were paid by Malinda, who borrowed their accounts to deposit laundered money of about Rp 2 million to Rp 5 million per month.”
On Thursday, a police source involved in the investigation identified Fiska as a suspect.
According to the source, Fiska recieved Rp 2 billion out of the total of Rp 20 billion in funds allegedly embezzled by Malinda from three premium Citibank clients.
“The remaining Rp 7 billion came from the accounts of five other victims,” the source said.
“However, those five customers in question didn’t file a police report. Maybe they’ve already been compensated by Citibank.” The source said that Fiska had been arrested at her office on Thursday.
Fiska and Ismail could be charged with money laundering, which carries a maximum prison sentence of five years and fines of up to Rp 15 billion.
Ismail's arrest comes two days after police arrested Andhika Gumilang, a young movie actor believed to be Malinda’s husband, for receiving at least Rp 311 million in stolen funds.
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