The Banyumas City Police , Central Java, are still investigating the flow of funds in an investigation into alleged money laundering , which is a development of the alleged fraud and embezzlement case by a former Bank Mandiri Taspen employee.
Head of the Banyumas Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Police Commissioner Ardi Kurniawan, said that the money laundering investigation was stepped up about a week ago and currently investigators are prioritizing asset tracing and examining the flow of funds to uncover the origins of assets suspected of being derived from criminal acts.
"Because the investigation only went up last week, the process is ongoing. Currently, we're maximizing our efforts on asset tracing," said Ardi Kurniawan in Purwokerto, Banyumas Regency, on Saturday.
According to him, investigators have submitted a request to block a number of assets that have been identified, including land certificates and vehicles, to prevent these assets from being transferred during the legal process.
He explained that the blocking was carried out on assets that had been tracked, while confiscation could not yet be carried out because investigators still had to prove that the assets originated from the proceeds of crime.
"With this escalation in investigations, we will propose blocking the assets we have traced and tracked . If they are indeed the proceeds of crime, then they will be confiscated," he emphasized.
He said that until now there had been no additional assets tracked other than the movable and immovable assets that had previously been identified by investigators.
Apart from tracing assets, he said, investigators are also looking into the flow of funds through the suspect's bank accounts.
