Good intentions do not always yield sweet results. This is what two senior dangdut singers, Ratu Meta and Anisa Bahar. Intended to help a friend who claimed to be in trouble, both ended up ensnared in a swirl of a fraud case with total losses reaching hundreds of millions of rupiah.
The case began when Ratu Meta was contacted by a friend with the initials NF, who is the owner of a pilgrimage travel agency. Under the pretext of needing bridging funds to buy tickets, NF borrowed a sum of money from Ratu Meta with a promise to return it soon.
"At first, she borrowed money for a collaboration, she said it was to buy umrah tickets. She even cried asking for my help," said Ratu Meta when met in the Fatmawati area, South Jakarta, on Tuesday (7/4/2026) night.











