Former Coboy Junior personnel, Aldy Maldini, is back in the public spotlight after being dragged into allegations of embezzling his fans’ money. This allegation arose after a user X with the account name @buwungkepin revealed the complete chronology and shared
The case began in early November 2024, when Aldy Maldini shared a simple upload via his Instagram Story that read, “Let’s have dinner?”. The upload was allegedly an open invitation to anyone who wanted to enjoy dinner with Aldy. Where this is like the “paid dinner” program that is now widely carried out by celebrities. “In early November 2024, Aldy made a very simple IG Story: ‘Let’s have dinner?’ The story was a kind of invitation to anyone who wanted to have dinner with him. It was like an open paid dinner style. Fans were asked to answer via the question column,” wrote the X account @buwungkepin quoted on Sunday (11/5/2025).
One fan with the initials Z who has idolized Aldy for a long time felt enthusiastic and immediately responded. Through the question column feature, Z expressed his interest and received a direct reply from the artist’s Instagram account asking for complete personal data as part of the registration process. Not long after, Z was offered a private dinner package with Aldy for IDR 500 thousand, including food and drinks. The name of the recipient of the transfer was also listed under Aldy’s real name, namely Alvaro Maldini, which further convinced Z that this activity was official and legitimate. “After that, Z was given an offer: dinner with Aldy, private, the price is only IDR 500 thousand including food and drinks. Aldy also gave an account number under his real name: Alvaro Maldini. No tricks, it seemed very convincing,” he explained.
Without hesitation, Z immediately made the payment. He considered the opportunity to have dinner with his idol as a gift for himself. However, after making the payment, communication began to falter. Although the admin had informed him that further information would be provided soon, in reality there was no certainty about the time and place of the promised dinner.
“The admin said ‘no info yet. Wait for news from the admin’. For weeks there was no news about when, where, with whom the dinner was,” he said. Z still tried to be patient and think positively, hoping that the dinner schedule would be confirmed soon. However, over time, he only got hanging answers, such as Aldy being busy or preparing for other activities. The situation became even more confusing when Z found out that in January 2025, Aldy had a similar dinner with other fans in Bandung, a city where Z was also living at that time. Even though he had paid first, Z admitted that he had not received any news regarding the dinner event. “Then he followed up nicely. But the answer was always hanging: Aldy was busy, preparing for an event, and so on. Until finally in January, Aldy said he had dinner with other fans in Bandung,” he said. This article was published
What made Z even more disappointed was the fact that Aldy continued to open registration for new dinners via Instagram Story, even though the old promise had not been fulfilled. “What made Z even more confused: he was also in Bandung, but he was never informed. Even though he had paid in advance. And what’s worse, Aldy continued to open new dinners via his IG story. Even though the old one hasn’t finished yet,” he concluded. The upload by the @buwungkepin account went viral and provoked reactions from netizens who questioned the clarity and professional ethics of the artist.