Fugitive in Rp 50 Billion Property Fraud Arrested in Bali After 880 Days

A property broker and land-plot entrepreneur convicted in a Rp 50 billion fraud case has been captured in Bali, ending a flight from justice that lasted roughly 880 days. Firman Handoko was arrested on Friday, October 9, 2026, by a joint team from the Attorney General's Office and the Bali High Prosecutor's Office, according to Kompas.com. He was taken into custody at a restaurant in the Bedugul tourist area of Tabanan Regency while vacationing with his wife and two children, and offered no resistance.

The arrest was carried out to enforce a court ruling that had already become final, said I Gede Wiraguna Wiradharma, head of the legal information section at the Bali High Prosecutor's Office. In a written statement issued Saturday, he said the Supreme Court's cassation ruling No. 125 K/Pid/2024, dated February 27, 2024, found the convict guilty of fraud and sentenced him to two years and seven months in prison. Wiraguna added that the case was legally and convincingly proven under Article 378 of the Criminal Code.

The underlying case stemmed from Firman's role as a broker and seller of land plots in Bali, where investors and victims reported a series of fraudulent property transactions. The alleged offenses included selling plots with existing problems, unilaterally splitting land certificates, issuing bounced checks and allegedly forging sale-and-purchase deeds. Wiraguna said the offenses caused victims to lose Rp 50 billion.

The operation that led to his capture played out as a multi-province chase, according to the prosecutor's office. On the night of Wednesday, October 7, the Attorney General's Office's Adhyaksa Monitoring Center team set out from Jakarta for Yogyakarta to trace the wanted man, only to find he had moved to Sidoarjo in East Java. Intelligence monitoring then placed him heading toward Banyuwangi in East Java before he crossed to Bali through Ketapang Port, while the Bali prosecutor's intelligence team waited on the island end of the route.

Wiraguna described the pursuit as mobile tracking that followed the convict's movements while Bali-based officers stood ready to receive him on arrival. Firman's run ended at the Bedugul restaurant, where officers moved in as he sat eating with his family. The arrest marks the close of a case that had been pending enforcement for more than two years.