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JAKARTA, November 7 (The Jakarta Post / ANN): The National Police detained a branch chief of private lender Maybank Indonesia for allegedly diverting billions of rupees from accounts owned by renowned esports athlete Winda Lunardi and her mother .
Investigators had named the manager of the bank’s Cipulir branch in South Jakarta, identified only as A, a suspect in the case, National Police spokesman Brig. General Awi Setiyono said.
The victims suffered a total loss of Rs 22.87 billion (US $ 1.59 million).
“A is now being held at the Tangerang District Attorney’s Office [in Banten]”Awi said at a press conference on Friday (November 6).
The case began when victims discovered in February that the money that Winda and her mother, Floletta Lizzy Wiguna, had kept in two Maybank savings accounts since 2015 had disappeared.
Floletta reportedly noticed something was wrong when she wanted to withdraw money in February and was told she did not have sufficient funds.
He was surprised to find that there was only 17 million rupees left in his account of more than 5 billion rupees that he had saved.
He immediately asked Winda to check his savings account as well, and it turned out that there were only Rs 600,000 left.
They reported the case to the police in May after claiming that their efforts to reach the bank had been unsuccessful.
Awi explained that the suspect had allegedly convinced the victims to open a high-interest time savings account with the bank, which was not actually part of the Maybank service.
The suspect then allegedly used the data to move the money to various accounts belonging to his friends. “He used the money to invest, he rotated it for profit,” Awi said.
He added that investigators had questioned about 23 witnesses, including Maybank employees.
They were currently tracking the branch chief’s assets allegedly obtained from the crime for confiscation, in addition to tracking the recipients of the stolen funds.
“Investigators have seized assets in the form of cars, land and buildings and are still tracking other assets,” Awi said.
The police accused A of violating article 49 of the Banking Law of 1998, which prohibits the falsification of financial records.
The suspect was also charged with violating various articles of the Money Laundering Prevention and Eradication Act 2010, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of Rs 10 billion.
Jakarta police also detained some of A’s friends who were allegedly involved in the case, Awi said without elaborating. In an official statement issued on Friday, the publicly traded lender said it had reported the case to authorities and would leave the case to legal process.
Maybank Indonesia CEO Taswin Zakaria said the company was awaiting the ongoing legal process, adding that Maybank was also a plaintiff in the case.
“Maybank also asked for legal protection and an investigation into the possible involvement of other parties,” it said, Kontan.co.id reported, adding that the lender had also carried out an internal investigation into the case.
Winda gained fame for playing the online mobile multiplayer battle arena game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang and joined the Jakarta-based EVOS eSport team in 2019 under the Mobile Legends Ladies squad.
The 19-year-old also operated a YouTube channel with more than 352,000 subscribers, where she posted game videos. – The Jakarta Post / Asian News Network
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