Two Former Ditjen Tax Officials Sued 9 And 6 Years In Prison For The Case Of Engineering Bribery Of Tax Calculation Results

The defendants in the bribery case in the tax administration process, Angin Prayitno Aji (right) and Dadan Ramdani (left) (Photo: Muhammad Adimaja/Antara)

JAKARTA - Director of Audit and Collection at the 2016-2019 Directorate General of Taxes, Angin Prayitno Aji, was sentenced to 9 years in prison, while the Head of Sub-Directorate of Cooperation and Audit Support of the 2016-2019 Directorate General of Taxes, Dadan Ramdani, was charged with 6 years in prison for allegedly accepting bribes related to the fabrication of tax calculation results. "Declare that defendant I Angin Prayitno Aji and defendant II Dadan Ramdani have been legally and convincingly proven to have committed a criminal act of corruption together as the first indictment. Sentenced to defendant I Angin Prayitno Aji in the form of imprisonment for 9 years reduced as long as the defendant is in detention and a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary to 6 months in prison," said KPK public prosecutor Wawan Yunarwatno at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor) as reported by Antara, Tuesday, January 11. 18 Law No. 31 of 1999 as amended by Law No. 20 of 2001 regarding the Eradication of Corruption Crimes jo Padal 55 paragraph 1 1 in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code. "Issued a criminal sentence against Defendant II Dadan Ramdani in the form of imprisonment for 6 years reduced as long as the defendant is in detention and a fine of IDR 350 million subsidiary 5 months in prison," added prosecutor Wawan. Both of them were also asked to pay compensation for money. "Issued additional penalties against defendant I Angin Prayitno Aji and defendant II Dadan Ramdani to pay compensation of Rp. 3.375 billion and 1.095 million Singapore dollars, calculated at the 2019 exchange rate. which is IDR 10,227 per Singapore dollar no later than 1 month after the inkrah decision," added the prosecutor. If it is not sufficient, it will be replaced with 3 years in prison. "The aggravating thing is that the actions of the defendants do not support the government's program in eradicating corruption; it has a negative effect on efforts to optimize state revenues; the defendants have enjoyed the results of their actions and are complicated in providing information and do not admit it. his actions. It is mitigating, the defendants behaved politely in front of the trial, they have never been punished, "said prosecutor Wawan.

In this case, Angin Prayitno Aji and Dadan Ramdani were charged with receiving a total of Rp15 billion and Singapore$4 million (approximately Rp42.17 billion) related to three tax audits. received by the taxpayer where the rest is distributed to the tax audit team," added the prosecutor. First, the bribe allegedly came from two tax consultants at PT Gunung Madu Plantations, namely Aulia Imran Magribi and Ryan Ahmad Ronas related to the tax audit of PT Gunung Madu Plantations (GMP) for the tax year. 2016. The bribe amounting to Rp15 billion was handed over and exchanged in Singapore dollars, amounting to 750 thousand Singapore dollars or equivalent to Rp7.5 billion divided equally by Wawan Ridwan, Alfred Simmanjuntak, Yulmanizar and Febrian while in February 2018, 750,000 Singapore dollars were handed over to Dadan Ramdani who is part of the "fee" of Angin and Dadan. Second, from the authority of Bank Pan Indonesia (Panin) Veron ika Lindawati related to the tax audit of PT Bank Pan Indonesia, Tbk (Bank Panin) for the 2016 fiscal year of 500 thousand Singapore dollars or equivalent to Rp. 5 billion from a commitment of Rp. 25 billion. Baratama Agus Susetyo worth related to the examination of PT Jhonlin Baratama (JB) for the 2016 and 2017 fiscal years. Wawan Ridwan, Alfred Simanjuntak, Yulmanizar and Febrian each amounting to 437,500 Singapore dollars while 500 thousand Singapore dollars or the equivalent of Rp5 billion were given to Agus Susetyo. by committing the act of manipulating the amount of tax liability of the taxpayers of PT GMP, PT Bank Panin, and PT Johnlin Baratama where the receipt of money from taxpayers who are examined by the Directorate General of Audit and Collection and carried out by the Sub-Directorate of Cooperation and Examination is to move Defendant 1 and Defendant 2 to engineer the tax calculation," explained the prosecutor.