Police Arrest 3 Suspects Of Corruption In Private Savings And Loans Cooperative In Kulon Progo

Kulon Progo Police have a press conference related to the alleged corruption case of the Mulia Kalibawang Cooperative on Thursday (27/2/2025). (ANTARA/Sutarmi)

DIY - Police have arrested three suspects in the alleged corruption case of a savings and loan cooperative in the Kapanewon area, Kalibawang Kulon Progo, which cost the company around Rp2 billion.

Head of the Kulon Progo Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Police Inspector One Andriana Yusuf, said the suspects consisted of two women with the initials SIL alias Silvi (35) and VIN alias Vincencia (37), and a man with the initials EKS alias Eka (48).

"From the suspect's hands, we have confiscated a number of evidences, including various shoes and branded bags," he said in Kalibawang, Kulon Progo, Thursday, February 27, which was confiscated by Antara.

He said other evidence that was secured was in the form of a bundle resulting from an internal audit of the Mulia Credit Cooperative in 2019, three slips from the salaries of employees of the Mulia Kalibawang Credit Cooperative on May 26, 2019 on behalf of EKS, SIL and VIN.

"We also secured 12 pairs of shoes of various brands and 10 bags of various brands. The losses suffered by the cooperative were approximately Rp. 2 billion," he said.

Yusuf said the disclosure of the alleged corruption case stemmed from the suspicion of the Mulia Kalibawang Credit Cooperative against the results of the company's 2019 financial audit.

At that time, three suspects were still working in the cooperative and filled crucial positions. EKS serves as general manager, VIN as credit manager, and SIL serves as financial manager.

"The results of the audit report found that there were irregularities regarding the flow of savings and loan funds handled by the suspect. Therefore, the cooperative reported to the Corruption Unit of the Kulon Progo Police to investigate this," he said.

He said from the results of the deepening of the report, his team found that there was a practice of abuse of office by the three suspects which took place from 2018 to 2019.

The mode used by the perpetrators is to use the names of cooperative members to make fictitious loan letters.

"The three suspects launched their actions by making fictitious loans at the Mulia Credit Cooperative on behalf of cooperative members, by making a slip or loan agreement letter without the knowledge of the person concerned's name," he said.

Yusuf said the embezzlement money was used by the suspect to meet daily needs, as well as to buy various expensive items, one of which was a Louis Vuitton bag for IDR 30.5 million.

"The suspects are subject to Article 374 of the Criminal Code concerning embezzlement with a threat of up to five years in prison," he said.