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PPATK freezes Rafael-linked accounts on suspicion of money laundering
The financial intelligence agency has frozen more than 10 bank accounts possibly linked to money launderers who helped Rafael Alun Trisambodo to conceal his sources of wealth, following a probe into the unusually huge wealth of the middle-ranking tax official.
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Reporters surround tax officer Rafael Alun Trisambodo (center) on March 1 as he leaves the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in South Jakarta after complying with the KPK’s summons to clarify his wealth. (Kompas.com/Kristianto Purnomo)
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he Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) has frozen more than 10 bank accounts possibly linked to tax official Rafael Alun Trisambodo, including accounts belonging to his personal tax consultants, following its probe into the unusually huge wealth of the middle-ranking taxman.
PPATK head Ivan Yustiavandana said the center had made the decision to freeze the bank accounts of Rafael's tax consultants because the agency found strong indication that he had hired professional money launderers to manage his assets.
"There is a former tax official who has been working as one of Rafael’s tax consultants. We suspected that he had been acting as his nominee," Ivan said on Monday as reported by Kompas.com.
A nominee is an individual or entity selected to manage assets or undertake transactions on behalf of another individual or business that owns those assets.
Ivan said the bank accounts of Rafael’s consultants held a "significant" amount of money and conducted a large volume of transactions, though he did not reveal any figures.
He also declined to disclose the consultants’ identities, only saying that several had fled overseas.
Unusual wealth
