Jakarta The authorities detained American fugitive Russ Albert Medlin in South Jakarta on Monday for alleged sexual attack on minors, ending the 46- years of age’s escapade after the US Department of Justice prosecuted him for scamming cryptocurrency financiers.
Medlin is the cofounder of BitClub Network, which is currently being prosecuted by the US Attorney General for supposedly running a $722 million Ponzi plan fraud.
Interpol issued a red notification for Medlin in December once the Federal Bureau of Examination (FBI) declared him a fugitive.
The Jakarta cops, nevertheless, first ended up being suspicious of Medlin for a totally different reason.
” We received tip-offs from the general public that underage women were frequently seen at R.A.M.’s residence,” Jakarta Authorities representative Chief Cmr. Yusri Yunus stated on Tuesday, describing Medlin by his initials.
On Sunday, officers established monitoring near Medlin’s home and eventually saw three teens leaving the house.
” The officers obstructed and questioned 3 underage females, around 15 to 17 years old. They admitted the owner of your house had actually employed them to have sex with him,” Yusri stated.
Under the 2014 Law on Kid Security, forcing minors to perform sexual acts is punishable by as much as 15 years in jail.
Yusri said the police detained Medlin in the future Monday.
Medlin has prior convictions for the sexual assault of a small in the US.
He was sentenced to two years in jail twice, in 2006 and 2008, by the District Court of the State of Nevada after being condemned of sexually abusing a 14- year-old kid and storing videos and images of the act, Yusri said.
Yusri said the authorities are still looking for a person, recognized just as A., who found the minors for Medlin.
” Medlin generally pays Rp 2 million ($142) for the ladies. Whenever he asked to be photographed and videotaped,” Yusri said.
It is unclear for how long Medlin has actually remained in Indonesia, Chief Cmr. Roma Hutajulu, Jakarta Cops’s director of special criminal offense examination, stated.
According to him, Medlin remains in ownership of a traveler visa and the authorities are still investigating how he handled to surpass immigration after being placed on an Interpol red notification.
Indonesia does not have an extradition contract with the United States, but the 2 countries have actually been exchanging fugitives in the past.
” We will continue to process R.A.M. in accordance with the law in Indonesia while waiting for an extradition demand from the American Embassy, which has actually been communicating with us through the FBI’s legal attaché,” Roma said.
