KPK Seizes Crypto Assets Worth Rp 1 Billion in BNPB Corruption Case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has seized crypto assets valued at over Rp 1 billion in a case involving alleged corruption of disaster funds from the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB). KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto confirmed that the assets are in the form of cryptocurrency. The KPK is further investigating the identity of the asset owners in coordination with the Financial Services Authority (OJK). The total evidence seized in the operation on October 13, 2026, amounts to around Rp 3.3 billion, including cash and gold. The assets are suspected to be linked to procurement projects at BNPB. The KPK has named five individuals as suspects, including Gabriel Purwaka Sigit, Bima Setiawan, Richard Erlangga, Gery Prasetiawan, and Syifa Nrika Ghifarian. The suspects were determined after questioning 14 individuals who were secured during the operation, and they are being held at the Red and White Building detention center for the first 20 days.

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