A girl and her daughter were every sentenced to 19 years in detention center for defrauding Princess Lolowah bint Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia, after they promised her a villa resort in Ubud that by no system came to be.

In 2008, the royal modified into mindful of an Indonesian citizen named Eka Augusta Herriyani, the latter of whom worked at a Malaysian company in which Lolowah turn out to be as soon as a shareholder.

The princess visited Bali the next year and expressed her hobby in property funding on the island. Eka introduced Lolowah to her daughter Evie Marindo Christina, who turn out to be as soon as acknowledged so that you can serve with permits.

The mum and daughter pair scouted for villa locations and settled on a position in the Tampaksiring sub-district of Gianyar regency.

After Lolowah well-liked the position, she wired IDR505 billion (US$33.7 million) to Eka and Evie between 2011 and 2018 for the advance of two villa resorts.

Eka and Evie bought seven plots of land for IDR38.4 billion (US$2.56 million) and put of residing aside IDR37.6 billion (US$2.51) for the advance of the villas. They pocketed the closing IDR429 billion (US$28.6 million), which they worn to buy vehicles and properties in Malang and Jakarta.

In addition, they equipped the princess 1,600 square meters of land for the advance of a cafe in the Berawa house of Badung regency, for which she wired more than US$500,000. The princess then modified her thoughts and asked for her money again, nonetheless Eka by no system made the switch despite promising to enact so. It turn out to be as soon as later printed that the land turn out to be as soon as no longer up in the marketplace to open with.

Eka and Evie went into hiding and were declared fugitives by the Nationwide Police earlier than their arrests in February 2020. In October 2020, the Gianyar District Courtroom sentenced them to four years in detention center every for fraud.

More no longer too prolonged previously, the Gianyar District Courtroom sentenced every to 19 years in detention center in a separate money laundering trial.

“What weighed in opposition to the convicts turn out to be as soon as that they tarnished the factual name of Indonesia, in particular Bali, in the eyes of the enviornment. It turn out to be as soon as also the case that the victim turn out to be as soon as a princess who wished to bring in international funding,” Gianyar District Courtroom spokesman Erwin Harlond acknowledged the day earlier than this day when commenting on essentially the most modern sentence.

Eka and Evie are also obligated to every pay an IDR1 billion blooming in lieu of an additional six months in detention center. The princess is no longer any longer getting her money again, because the money Eka and Evie pocketed were declared unaccounted for.