JAKARTA - The panel of judges said that corruption in the education digitization program in the form of the procurement of Chromebook laptops and CDM in the environment of the Ministry of Education and Culture in 2019-2022 had caused a loss of state finances of IDR 5.26 trillion.
Member Judge Sunoto said that the state's losses occurred due to the activation of the Chrome Device Management (CDM) program and excess payment for the procurement of Chromebook laptops, in the digitization of educational programs in the environment of the Ministry of Education and Culture.
"This comes from a confession at the trial that is actually greater than the calculation of the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP)," said Judge Sunoto in a reading of the verdict at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, Tuesday, May 12, reported by ANTARA.
Judge Sunoto detailed the state's losses resulting from the activation of the CDM program of 44.05 million US dollars or equivalent to Rp. 621.39 billion.
Meanwhile, on the excess payment for the procurement of Chromebook laptops, the state's losses were recorded at Rp. 4.64 trillion, which came from efforts to raise the price or mark-up by Rp. 4 million per unit or three times the market price multiplied by the number of procurements of 1.16 million units of Chromebook.
The determination of state losses was read in the verdict against Technology Consultant at the Ministry of Education and Culture, Ibrahim Arief alias Ibam. He was sentenced to 4 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 500 million, subject to 120 days in prison.
In it, Ibam, among others, was proven to have procured learning facilities based on information and communication technology with Chromebook laptops and CDM that were not in accordance with the procurement planning and various procurement principles, thus causing losses to the state treasury.
In this way, he was found guilty of violating Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.
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