Actor Andika Gumilang allegedly used embezzled Citibank customer funds that he received from suspect Inong Malinda Dee to buy a Hummer, the National Police chief of detectives said on Wednesday.
"The money he received was spent to buy a vehicle, it's a Hummer that we had already seized previously," Comr. Gen. Ito Sumardi said, adding that Andika was not Malinda's boyfriend, but rather her husband.
"He has been named as suspect in relation with his status as husband," Ito said.
Malinda's lawyer previously quoted his client as saying that she did not have any “special relations” with Andika, and that “he was just Malinda's foster child.”
Andika, 22, is accused of receiving at least Rp 311 million ($36,000) from Malinda out of a believed total of Rp 20 billion stolen from the premium customer accounts.
"We arrested him in South Jakarta on Tuesday and we are going to put him in our custody on Wednesday," National Police spokesman Chief Comr. Boy Raffly Amar told reporters.
Andika could be charged under Article 6 of the 2002 law on money laundering that carries a minimum of five years imprisonment and a fine of up to Rp 15 billion.
A source told the Jakarta Globe that Malinda, 47, had confessed that she “went crazy” after being involved in “a special relationship” with Andika in early 2010.
Police have so far named three tellers as suspects, but none have been detained.
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
New Suspect, Believed to Be Malinda’s Sister, Arrested Over Citibank Scandal
The National Police announced on Thursday that they have arrested another suspect in relation to Citibank executive Inong Malinda Dee’s alleged embezzlement of her clients’ money.
Brig. Gen. Arief Sulistyanto, the police’s director of special crimes, said the latest suspect was a member of Malinda’s family, but declined to elaborate.
However, a police source involved in the investigation identified the suspect as Malinda’s sister, Fiska. “The suspect allegedly received around Rp 9 billion ($1 million) from Malinda,” the source told the Jakarta Globe on condition of anonymity.
The source said Rp 2 billion of that money came from the Rp 20 billion that Malinda had allegedly siphoned from the accounts of three of her premium banking 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.
Police have also summoned her husband, who has not been identified, to come in for questioning.
Fiska could be charged with money laundering, which carries a maximum prison sentence of five years and fines of up to Rp 15 billion.
Her arrest comes a day after police arrested Andhika Gumilang, a young movie actor believed to be Malinda’s husband, for receiving at least Rp 311 million of the stolen funds.
Comr. Gen. Ito Sumardi, the National Police’s chief of detectives, said that Andhika used the money to buy a car.
“It was the Hummer that we seized already,” he said.
Andhika also faces being charged with money laundering, as well as additional charges of falsifying identification cards, after police found him in possession of six ID cards, each with false information.
“One of the IDs carries Andhika’s picture but gives his name as Juan Ferero,” Arief said. “The five other IDs have Andhika’s picture and his name, but with different addresses and places and dates of birth.”
He added that Andhika had claimed that Malinda had arranged for the cards.
He said that police were now working with the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), the government’s anti-money-laundering watchdog, to investigate whether Malinda had used the fake IDs to open bank accounts to deposit the stolen money.
Brig. Gen. Arief Sulistyanto, the police’s director of special crimes, said the latest suspect was a member of Malinda’s family, but declined to elaborate.
However, a police source involved in the investigation identified the suspect as Malinda’s sister, Fiska. “The suspect allegedly received around Rp 9 billion ($1 million) from Malinda,” the source told the Jakarta Globe on condition of anonymity.
The source said Rp 2 billion of that money came from the Rp 20 billion that Malinda had allegedly siphoned from the accounts of three of her premium banking 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.
Police have also summoned her husband, who has not been identified, to come in for questioning.
Fiska could be charged with money laundering, which carries a maximum prison sentence of five years and fines of up to Rp 15 billion.
Her arrest comes a day after police arrested Andhika Gumilang, a young movie actor believed to be Malinda’s husband, for receiving at least Rp 311 million of the stolen funds.
Comr. Gen. Ito Sumardi, the National Police’s chief of detectives, said that Andhika used the money to buy a car.
“It was the Hummer that we seized already,” he said.
Andhika also faces being charged with money laundering, as well as additional charges of falsifying identification cards, after police found him in possession of six ID cards, each with false information.
“One of the IDs carries Andhika’s picture but gives his name as Juan Ferero,” Arief said. “The five other IDs have Andhika’s picture and his name, but with different addresses and places and dates of birth.”
He added that Andhika had claimed that Malinda had arranged for the cards.
He said that police were now working with the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), the government’s anti-money-laundering watchdog, to investigate whether Malinda had used the fake IDs to open bank accounts to deposit the stolen money.
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