Don Ritto Reportedly Still Receiving Money from His Law Office Despite No Longer Handling Cases

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Lawyer and defendant in a corruption and money laundering case, Don Ritto, continues to receive funds from his law firm Don Ritto and Partners (DR Lawfirm), despite being inactive in handling clients since November 2022.

“There surely is. Perhaps even up until now, because Mr. Don founded it together. We are still committed to that,” said lawyer Albertus Yohanes Eko Purwanto while testifying at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Wednesday (11/11/2026).

Initially, the KPK prosecutors questioned transactions from the DR Lawfirm account to Don Ritto on July 28, 2023 and in subsequent years.

The prosecutors confirmed Eko’s earlier statement that Don Ritto had ceased his activities at the law firm since November 2022.

“Practically since that last time in November 2022, he has especially not met with the clients again,” Eko stated.

During the trial, Eko explained that Don Ritto began his inactivity around November 2022.

After that, the management and workload of the law firm were primarily shared with Rustandi.

Eko mentioned that Rustandi was previously a senior associate at the DR Lawfirm.

They then deemed Rustandi suitable to become a partner and established a new law firm named Anandita Vitto and Partners (AVR Law Office).

According to Eko, Don Ritto was only involved in meetings with two clients after the establishment of the new law firm, related to cases involving LPEI and Sinarmas Asset Management.

After that, Don Ritto reportedly no longer actively met with clients, although activities at the DR Lawfirm continued.

The prosecutors also delved into the financial management of both law firms.

Eko stated that since 2024, the financial management of both DR Lawfirm and AVR has been handled by Rustandi.

Meanwhile, Eko admitted he did not know the source of funds that Don Ritto used to manage other businesses, such as Koin Money Changer and the restaurant de'Clan.

“I don’t know about that,” Eko replied when questioned by the prosecutor.

Febrie Adriansyah Case

The corruption case involving Don Ritto also implicates former Attorney General for Special Crimes Febrie Adriansyah and businessman Nurman Herin.

In this case, Febrie is charged with receiving funds allegedly derived from criminal activities amounting to 346.7 billion IDR and 440,990 USD.

The prosecutor mentioned that the receipt of funds took place from 2020 until July 2026, while Febrie served as the Director of Investigation at Jampidsus.

“The total amount of funds received is 346,743,821,282.00 IDR and 440,990 USD, which he knew or should have suspected to originate from corruption,” the prosecutor stated.

One of the payments detailed in the indictment includes 5 million Singapore dollars, or around 55 billion IDR, from businessman Tan Kian.

This money was said to have been delivered to Febrie through Ferry and was connected to the handling of the PT Asuransi Jiwasraya corruption case.

Additionally, Febrie was accused of receiving shares worth 14 billion IDR from Michael Njoman, the director and owner of PT Cahaya Baja Sukses.

This payment was allegedly made through Ferry using PT Tompotika Mulia Abadi.

The prosecutor also indicated that Febrie received 20.6 billion IDR from the President Director of PT Oktasan Baruna Persada, Tria Bellitonito Aturbumi.

Other payments included 60 billion IDR along with land and/or buildings from Andy Chandra Tan, the beneficial owner of PT Budi Agung Sentosa, and Heri Janto, the president director of the company.

This payment is alleged to have been made alongside Don Ritto, Nurman Herin, and Ferry.

Additionally, other receipts reportedly reached 203.4 billion IDR from various parties suspected to be connected to the corruption cases handled by Febrie.

The prosecutors suspect that these funds and assets were subsequently concealed through deposits in several accounts, equity investments in affiliated companies, and the purchase of land, buildings, vehicles, and gold.

Some of the funds were also said to have been exchanged into foreign currencies.

For these actions, Febrie is charged with violating Article 607 (1) letter a in conjunction with Article 20 (1) letter c in conjunction with Article 127 (1) of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Penal Code.