The police have frozen nine bank accounts that belong to PT Wahana Bersama Globalindo, which is suspected of having embezzled its customers' funds. Labels: Bank, Internet News, Money
According to Adjunct Chief Commissioner Tornagogo Sihombing, Head of the Jakarta Regional Police’s State Security Unit, most of the bank accounts' balances were nearly zero.
There were accounts with some funds, he said, but at most the balances were Rp1 million.
“We have already frozen nine accounts, including those in Citibank, BII, Bank Mandiri and BCA,” said Tornagogo yesterday (9/5).
Tornagogo went on to say that freezing the accounts was aimed at securing the assets of company which was suspected of having embezzled customers' funds totaling at least Rp1.4 trillion.
The police have also frozen other assets such as land, buildings and vehicles.
However, Tornagogo acknowledged he could not yet estimate the total value of the frozen assets.
He explained that the company which had been operating for 10 years started to become unsteady when customers in Surabaya withdrew their money in large amounts
“Then this affected other branches,” he said.
According to Tornagogo, the police are also investigating whether or not there were any misconducts in the customers' funds management because the funds collected in one city should have been transferred directly to Dressel.
“But lately funds have been transferred to Wahana first, not directly to Dressel,” said Tornagogo.
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