Director General Taxes "Gang" Maelstrom Indications Money Laundering Rafael Alun

The case of Rafael Alun Trisambodo's unnatural wealth will drag on other names of tax officials. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will announce one employee of the Directorate General of Taxes of the Directorate General of Taxes who will be asked for clarification regarding his assets today, Tuesday (7/3/2023). 

KPK Deputy for Prevention and Monitoring Pahala Nainggolan said the KPK would first examine former Customs and Excise officials before disclosing the odd wealth of tax officials other than Rafael. 

"But what we can ensure is that tomorrow we will announce one more employee of the Directorate General of Taxes whose LHKPN will be examined," Pahala said when met at the KPK ACLC Building, South Jakarta, Monday (6/3/2023). 

Pahala said that the examination of the tax officials would show how the pattern of 'gangs' in the Directorate General of Taxes was. 

According to him, Rafael does have many friends within the Directorate General of Taxes. The KPK sensed that there was a pattern that the group used in disguising their wealth. 

"Because it has something to do with this one (Rafael)," said Pahala. 

The "gang" at the Directorate General of Taxes is good at disguising wealth

Pahala previously mentioned that within the Directorate General (DG) of Taxes there is indeed a kind of "gang". This term does not refer to plotters like schoolboys. 

The gang is a kind of network of tax officials connected by a wedge of education and career path. 

Pahala said the gang had very sophisticated abilities in disguising their wealth. 

He compared the gang at the Directorate General of Taxes to having shrewd martial arts skills. This makes the KPK need time to understand their patterns and movements. 

"I have low knowledge. So I need to see how the silat movements are like, I'll be able to do it in a month," said Pahala. 

Pahala was reluctant to reveal how tax officers hid their assets. However, he made sure they were so shrewd. 

"But I'm sure it's very sophisticated," he added. 

According to Pahala, one of the patterns of tax officials in disguising their assets is by using nominees. 

Nominee is a mode that is often used by money laundering criminals (TPPU) to disguise the proceeds of crime. 

They use the names of people closest to them to carry out banking transactions to buy assets. 

They can also use the company name. In their report, they will only record share ownership. 

Pahala said the gang at the Directorate General of Taxes used the nominee or other person's name to avoid reporting state administrators' assets (LHKPN). 

However, the KPK believes that the assets were purchased on behalf of the relevant tax official. 

"What PT's business is developing, transactions and other things, he's a PT, I can't see. Sophisticated or not? Those are things I didn't learn, later when I understand more about the moves I'll let you know," said Pahala. 

According to Pahala, the amount of assets circulating in the alleged disguise of this treasure is quite large. 

“Gedelah. Some that I know are related to people's names," he said. 

There is a former tax employee who becomes a nominee

The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) suspects that there is a professional money launderer working with Rafael. 

PPATK also blocked the accounts of a number of parties related to Rafael, including tax consultants. 

"Yes, there was a blocking of the tax consultant suspected of being a nominee," said Ivan when contacted, Friday (3/3/2023). 

Later, Ivan said, the tax consultant allegedly fled abroad. 

In addition, PPATK also revealed that there were former employees of the Directorate General of Taxes who worked for the tax consultant. 

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"Based on the available data, we suspect that there are former tax officials working for the consultant," said Ivan. 

Meanwhile, the KPK is dizzy because the suspected nominee Rafael has fled abroad. This is because the tax consultant's banking transaction data is in the hands of PPATK. 

On the other hand, the KPK does not yet require direct examination of these nominees. 

"Relax, the important thing is that the banking transactions are still at PPATK. This is what we want to explore," said Pahala when contacted by Kompas.com, Monday (6/3/2023). 

The KPK also stated that it had pocketed the names of two former employees of the Directorate General of Taxes who worked as nominees or disguised Rafael's assets. 

"Already (we have pocketed the names of two former DGT employees) we got two," said Pahala. 

Previously, the public highlighted the wealth of former Director General of Taxes (DJP) official Rafael Alun Trisambodo of Rp. 56.1 billion after his son, Mario Dandy Satrio, abused the child of GP Ansor administrators. 

Mario is known to the public for showing off his luxurious lifestyle on his social media. 

PPATK then stated that he had sent an analysis report (LHA) regarding Rafael's odd transactions to investigators in 2012. 

The LHA contains data on Rafael's odd transactions since 2003.