Police have arrested chief of the Indonesian Coffee Producers and Exporters Association (AEK), Lampung Chapter Juprius on charges of embezzling Rp1.629 billion in proceeds from the sale of a coffee consignment.

“The amount is the total value of 59,507 tons of coffee that the victim consigned to the suspect (for sale),” spokesperson for the Lampung Provincial Police, Commissioner Rosef Efendi, informed here on Saturday.

On April 5, 2017, the victim reportedly sent 59,507 tons of coffee worth Rp1.629 billion to the suspect’s warehouse for sale.

The suspect allegedly promised to pay the proceeds from the sale—minus the administrative fee, unloading cost, and income tax—to the victim one month after completing the sale.

However, after the coffee was sold, the suspect did not forward the proceeds from the coffee sale to the victim, Efendi said.

Source: Antara News