Former Pegadaian Employee Arrested For Corruption Of IDR 1.1 Billion, Claims To Pay Loans

The suspect AI was arrested by the Cianjur District Attorney, West Java, on suspicion of corruption of Rp. 1.1 billion at the Ciranjang-Cianjur Pegadaian Office. (ANTARA/Ahmad Fikri). (Ahmad Fikri)

CIANJUR - The Cianjur District Prosecutor's Office, West Java, arrested AI (46) a former PT Pegadaian employee for the Micro Ciranjang business after being named a suspect in a suspected corruption case and misappropriation of loan funds worth IDR 1.1 billion which was used to cover debt.

Head of the Cianjur District Attorney's Office, Yudi Prihastoro, said that while working at the Pegadaian Office, Cirajang-Cianjur unit, the suspect who served as an analyst carried out a number of modes to gain personal gain.

"Corruption acts committed by the suspect in various ways ranging from fictitious credit, resilience of installments and repayment, to disbursement of credit that is not in accordance with the provisions," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, July 4.

After an investigation, officers found a loss of IDR 1.1 billion, most of which or IDR 908 million, was disbursed through fictitious credit. The suspect used the name of the customer who had paid off the credit but did not apply for a new loan.

While the rest, the suspect did not deposit the installments from the customer entrusted to him, as well as a ride for disbursement from the customer who applied for credit to the office where he worked, his actions had been going on since 2019-2021.

"The confession of the suspect's money was used to pay online loans. Currently, we are still investigating and will develop the suspect's statement, including investigating the assets purchased by the suspect from the proceeds of corruption while working," he said.

The suspect will be charged with Article 2 paragraph 1 of Law number 31 of 1999 which has been amended into RI Law number 20 of 2001 concerning corruption with the threat of imprisonment of 20 years.

"We are still investigating this case, it is possible that we will confiscate the assets purchased from the money from corruption," he said.