Prosecutors Issue DPO Status Suspect Of Embezzlement Of NTB BPR Customer Funds

The Prosecutor's Office issued a list of disbursements (DPO) for suspects in the alleged embezzlement of funds from local corporate customers from the West Nusa Tenggara People's Credit Bank (PD BPR NTB) located in Sape District, Bima Regency.

Head of the Intelligence Section of the Bima Debi Kejari explained that his party issued a DPO for the suspect with the initials IS on the basis of being absent from the investigator's summons.

"After three appropriate calls, the person concerned was not present. Therefore, we issued a DPO against the suspect IS," said Debi, quoted by ANTARA, Monday, October 2.

With the determination of the status of the IS suspect DPO, he said that his party had forwarded the information to the Fugitive Arrest Team (Tabur) of the Attorney General's Office.

"Hopefully, by issuing this DPO status, the suspect, who is reportedly now abroad, can be found soon," he said.

In handling, the prosecutor named two suspects. Apart from IS, who is a former staff of disbursement of funds and credit at PD BPR NTB, the prosecutor named a man with the initials AR, a former NTB PD BPR employee who previously served as a deposit recipient.

In the case file, both are suspected of being involved in embezzlement of customer deposits, both in the form of savings, deposits, and credit.

The suspect's mode of embezzlement is by taking customer deposits without recording in the bookkeeping document. Deposit money is allegedly enjoyed by the two suspects.

To cover this mode, the two suspects submitted proof of original deposit from PD BPR NTB to customers.

This mode was revealed in 2018 with a loss of Rp. 1 billion. The prosecutor's office has also handled this case since 2019.