Prosecutor's Office Detains Suspect In NTB Islamic Bank Money Game Case

Prosecutors' officers examined the suspect in the alleged embezzlement of money in NTB (ANTARA)

The prosecutor detained a suspect in the alleged "money game" (money game) case in financial transactions belonging to hundreds of customers of Bank Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) Syariah, with the initials PS.

Spokesperson for the NTB Prosecutor's Office, Efrien Saputera, explained that this detention was a follow-up to stage two or the transfer of suspects and evidence from investigators to the public prosecutor.

"So, the detention of this suspect is a follow-up to phase two which took place today at the Mataram Kejari Office," said Efrien as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, May 29.

He said that the suspect was being held at the Mataram Class III Women's Correctional Institution (Lapas).

"The first detention starts today for the next 20 days," he said.

Head of Public Relations of the NTB Police, Kombes Pol. Arman Asmara Syafruddin confirmed the implementation of the second phase of the PS suspect.

"Yes, today stage two has taken place for the suspect in the case of Bank NTB Syariah from investigators to prosecutors," said Arman.

With the implementation of phase two, Arman said that the handling of the case had been completed at the police investigation stage.

In completing the file belonging to the suspect with the initials PS, Arman ensured that investigators had pocketed at least two pieces of evidence.

The evidence that corroborates the suspicion that the suspect PS committed a crime while serving as a non-cash service provider included witness statements, document confiscation, audit results from internal banks and independent parties with a loss of Rp11.9 billion.

From the investigator's analysis, he said that the money that appeared as a loss figure was allegedly only enjoyed by PS. With this analysis, the police confirmed that there was no alleged flow of money that led to other parties.

PS's mode of profit is by running the system like a "dig hole, cover the hole". Every time a customer complains about a lack of nominal savings, PS covers it by taking money from another customer's account.

This mode is thought to have occurred since 2012. Because it closed each other, this mode was not detected by the Internal Control System (SPI). The mode was revealed for the 2019-2020 period after PS left his position as a non-cash service provider.

The investigation into the alleged "money game" case at Bank NTB Syariah originated from a report. From the investigation, a loss of Rp. 11.9 billion emerged from a transaction fund of 440 Bank NTB Syariah customers.