Bali Prosecutor's Office Sets 4 Suspects Of Fictitious Credit Corruption Of IDR 5 Billion

DENPASAR - The Bali High Prosecutor's Office has named four suspects, namely IMK, DPS, SW and IKB for alleged criminal acts of fictitious credit corruption in the form of business capital loans and construction of goods and services procurement of BPD Bali Badung Branch of approximately Rp5 billion.

"On April 11, 2022, IMK, DPS, SW and IKB have been named as suspects. IMK and DPS are officials at Bank Branch Offices, both of whom are currently retired. Meanwhile, SW and IKB are from private parties who have a husband and wife relationship," said the Head Legal Information Section (Kasi Penkum) of the Bali Prosecutor's Office A Luga Harlianto, Wednesday, April 13.

In addition to being suspected of being involved in a corruption case, the four suspects are suspected of committing a crime of money laundering.

Investigators have examined 13 witnesses, then obtained letters and instructions and confiscated evidence in the form of documents related to the fictitious credit.

From these findings, these four people were later named suspects based on the evidence in Articles 183 and 184 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

The four suspects have been investigated since March 15, 2022, based on evidence that makes it clear that a criminal act of corruption has occurred. In 2016 and 2017, SW applied for a business working capital loan and construction of goods and services procurement to the Badung Branch of the BPD Bali Office. Then, the credit application by SW is submitted through CV. SU, CV. DHF and CV, approximately IDR 5,000,000,000.

"As collateral in applications for business working capital loans and construction, procurement of goods and services is the activity of procuring goods and services at private educational institutions in Bali Province where investigators found that these activities did not exist or were not carried out by the (fictitious) educational institution," he said.

Furthermore, IMK is alleged to have known that the activities on which the credit application was based were fictitious, but gave approval to the credit application on behalf of CV. SU, CV. DHF and CV.

In addition, the suspect IMK did not analyze the granting of business working capital loans and construction of goods and services procurement.

In 2017, the suspect DPS gave approval for the disbursement of credit for working capital and construction for the procurement of goods and services, but the approval was for disbursing credit to CV's current account. SU, CV. DHF and CV.

"The working capital credit for the business and construction procurement of goods and services should be disbursed to the account listed in the Work Order (SPK)," said Luga.

Once accepted in the current account CV. SU, CV. DHF and CV. Suspect SW ordered his employees to make a bank transfer to the account of PT. DKP in which the suspect IKB is the Director of PT. the DKP.

As a result of the suspect's actions, BPD Bali suffered a loss of approximately IDR 5 billion. Currently, IMK is facing a trial for corruption in the management of finance or credit at BPD Bali Badung Branch and the case is being detained.

Meanwhile, DPS, SW and IKB will later be summoned to provide information as suspects.