KEEP SECRET Wealth from Children and Wife, Rafael Alun Trisambodo Saves IDR 37 Billion at SDB

KEEP SECRET Wealth from Children and Wife, Rafael Alun Trisambodo Saves IDR 37 Billion at SDB



Rafael Alun Trisambodo, former official of the Directorate General of Taxes (DGT), Ministry of Finance (Ministry of Finance) was caught keeping IDR 37 billion in Safe Deposit Box (SDB). 

Rafael admitted that the money was put in SDB because he wanted to keep it a secret from his wife and children. 

Previously, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) had confiscated Rp 37 billion worth of money belonging to Rafael at SDB. 
The money in the SDB was confiscated by the KPK because it was suspected of being gratuity money. 

"So I did hide it. My goal is to hide it from my family, so that my wife and children don't know," said Rafael in an interview uploaded by Kompas TV, Saturday (1/4/2023). 
According to Rafael, his wife and children often ask to buy something or visit a place when they know that their father has money in savings. 
In his family, savings must be open. 
Because of that, he decided to open SDB in his own name without his wife and children knowing. 

"That's for sure they see, oh papa has money, let's walk here, let's buy this," said Rafael. 
"To avoid that, I try to save my money in foreign currency. I hide it in SDB," he added. 

Rafael denied that his act of keeping foreign currency in SDB was a form of effort to embezzle the origin of his wealth. This is because the SDB is registered in its own name. 

On this occasion, Rafael admitted that he did not know the parties who were said to have given him money. 
He claims he has never received money from other people while working. 
"I have never received from other parties who cooperate with my office," he said. 

According to Rafael, the money in the SDB came from the sale of land assets that were donated by his parents in 2010. 
As a result, at that time he received Rp. 10 billion to be exchanged into foreign currency. 

He also admitted to selling assets he bought for Rp 200 million in 1997. 
The assets were then sold in 2010 and the proceeds were included in the SDB. 

Then, another source of SDB is the sale of assets on Jalan Pangandaran, Bukit Sentul, a house in England Park Bukit Sentul, and mutual funds worth IDR 2.4 billion at Bank Mandiri. 
"Then I sold it in 2010 and I exchanged it for foreign currency. So, the increase in value with the current valuation is also due to an increase in the value of foreign exchange rates," said Rafael. 

Previously, the KPK confirmed that Rafael Trisambodo Alun had been named a suspect in alleged gratuities in the form of money. 
The gratuities were allegedly received for 12 years, from 2011 to 2023 in his capacity as a tax examiner at the DGT, Ministry of Finance. 

The anti-corruption agency found the alleged crime and pocketed two sufficient initial pieces of evidence. 

"So we have found a criminal act of corruption related to the alleged corruption in receiving something by the tax examiner at the DGT, Ministry of Finance from 2011 to 2023," said Ali. 

KPK Investigation Director Asep Guntur Rahayu said the gratuities received by Rafael were suspected of reaching tens of billions. 
This amount refers to the contents of Rafael's safe deposit box (SDB) which was blocked by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK). 

Currently, the safe deposit box containing IDR 37 billion has been confiscated by the KPK. 
"That number is in the SDB that we counted, but later it will be converted to the right range in the tens. It will come in due time," said Asep, Thursday (30/3/2023). 

Source:
(kompas.com)

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