Bank Jago Employees Break 112 Blocked Accounts Worth IDR 1.3 Billion: Make A Walk To Pay Debt

JAKARTA - The police arrested an employee of Bank Jago with the initials IA (33) for draining the balance of hundreds of accounts that had been frozen or blocked. The money obtained from the action reached Rp1.3 billion.

"The suspect is known to have carried out 112 approvals for blocking Bank Jago's account with a total of Rp1,397,280,711," said Director of Special Criminal Investigation at Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Ade Safri Simanjuntak to reporters, Wednesday, July 10.

The suspect's mode or way of breaking into the account was by first ordering the commander command center to submit a request to unblock the account.

Then, the suspect who worked at the contact center specialist approved the submission.

After hundreds of accounts were blocked open, the suspect transferred the money stored in the account to another account that had been prepared.

From the results of the investigation, the suspect used the money to pay off debts and vacationed out of town with his family.

"The Rp1.3 billion fund is used for personal purposes, paying debts, and traveling outside the city with family," he said.

In addition, the suspect carried out the action, namely to meet his economic needs. However, this matter is not explained further.

"The motive for the perpetrator is more of an economic motive," said Ade.

Meanwhile, suspect AI was arrested in the East Ciputat area, South Tangerang, on Thursday, July 4.

In this case, the suspect is charged with Article 30 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 46 paragraph 1 and or Article 32 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 48 paragraph 1 of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Amendments to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions and or Article 81 of Law Number 3 of 2011 concerning Fund Transfer and or Article 3, Article 4, and Article 5 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering.