The Attorney General's Office Names 2 Corruption Suspects For Askrindo's Subsidiaries

JAKARTA - The attorney general's office has named two people as suspects in the alleged corruption case in the financial management of PT Askrindo Mitra Utama (AMU), a subsidiary of PT Asuransi Kredit Indonesia (Askrindo), in the 2016-2020 budget.

Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Lonard Eben Ezer Simanjuntak, said that the two suspects had been named WW and FB.

The suspect WW refers to Wahyu Wisambodo, while FB refers to Firman Berahima.

"The suspect is WW as a former employee of PT AMU and former Marketing Director of PT Askrindo Mitra Utama (PT AMU)," Leonard said as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, October 27.

While the second suspect, FB as a former employee of PT Askrindo and former Director of Compliance and HR of PT Askrindo.

The position of this case, said Leonard, is that in the period between 2016 and 2020, there was an illegal issuance of an agent commission from PT Askrindo to PT AMU.

The method is done by diverting direct production (direct) of PT Askrindo to be as if production was indirect through PT AMU (indirect) which then part of it was issued back to individuals at PT Askrindo in cash as if it were an operational expense without being supported by evidence of accountability. or equipped with fictitious evidence of liability so as to cause state financial losses.

In this case, investigators have secured and confiscated a sum of money for the distribution of commissions in the amount of Rp. 611 million, US$ 762,900 and US$ 32,000.

"The suspect WW requested, received, and gave an unauthorized share of the commission from PT AMU," said Leonard.

Meanwhile, the suspect FB knows and approves the disbursement of PT AMU's operational expenses in cash without going through an official request from a third party who is entitled to it and without being supported by evidence of liability or equipped with evidence of fictitious liability.

"The FB suspect also played a role in distributing and handing over the commission shares that were withdrawn in cash at PT AMU Pusat to four people at PT Askrindo," explained Leonard.

Attorney General's Office investigators ensnared the suspect under Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Law on the Eradication of Corruption Crimes Jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

For the purposes of the investigation, the two suspects were detained at the Salemba Rutan, the branch of the Attorney General's Office.

Meanwhile, the value of the loss caused by this case is still being audited by the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP).