However, he was not cooperative, so public prosecutors launched a manhunt for him and placed him on the wanted list. Alhamdulillah (Thank God), he was arrested at an apartment in the Permata Hijau area last nightJakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Attorney General's Office arrested US fugitive fraud convict, identified as Dalton Ichiro Tanonaka, at an apartment in West Jakarta on early Wednesday.
Tanonaka has been on the run since 2018 after the Supreme Court sentenced him to three years' imprisonment for fraud, Chief of the Law Information Center of the Attorney General's Office Hari Setyono noted during a press conference here on Wednesday.
"However, he was not cooperative, so public prosecutors launched a manhunt for him and placed him on the wanted list. Alhamdulillah (Thank God), he was arrested at an apartment in the Permata Hijau area last night," he stated.
Tanonaka was involved in a fraud since 2014 when he was the president director of an international media company engaged in the production of special programs on Indonesia for production houses and television stations.
To run his business, Tanonaka approached Indonesian businessman Harjani Prem Ramchand to invest in the company and offered a 25-percent profit.
Before investing US$1 million in the company, Ramchand was keen to see the business track record of the company, he noted.
"Of course, the victim (Ramchand) wanted to know about the company. The convict allowed him to see the business prospects of the company on condition that he paid part of the investment to which end he gave US$500 thousand (to the company),” he stated.
Ramchand realized Tanonaka had cheated on him after finding out about the company having incurred losses to the tune of Rp22 billion.
Ramchand referred the case to the Central Jakarta District Court where Tanonaka was found guilty of fraud and was sentenced to two and a half years in jail.
However, Tanonaka appealed against the sentence to the high court that acquitted him of all criminal charges.
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Translator: Fathur Rochman/Suharto
Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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