The Surakarta Kejari Expresses Corruption Cases Of LPDM Funds IDR 1 Billion

Tersangka Ir. S. Ketua Pengurus BMT Nur Ummah Surakarta (depan tengah) terlibat kasus korupsi dana pinjaman LPDB KUMKM saat ditahan di Kantor Kejari Surakarta, Jawa Tengah, Rabu (6-7-2022). ANTARA/HO-Kejari

SOLO - The Surakarta District Attorney's Office has revealed an alleged criminal act in a corruption case of loan funds from the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Cooperative Revolving Fund Management Institute (LPDB KUMKM) to the BMT Nur Ummah Surakarta Cooperative worth IDR 1 billion.

"We have arrested the suspect with the initials Ir. S (70), a resident of Solo as the Chairperson of the BMT Cooperative Nur Ummah Solo on Wednesday, July 6 on suspicion of a criminal act in a corruption case, state losses amounting to IDR 1 billion, said the Head of the Special Crimes Section of the Surakarta District Attorney's Officer, Bakhtiar Ihsan Agung Nugroho, in Solo reported by ANTARA, Thursday, July 7.

Bakhtiar explained the BMT Nur Ummah office on M.H. Thamrin Street No.77 Kerten Solo has been closed since 2015.

"After receiving reports from the public, we investigated the office, which is already operating again", said Bakhtiar.

The cooperative initially applied for a loan from LPDB KUMKM in 2010 amounting to IDR 2 billion. However, it could be liquidated in 2011 amounting to IDR 1 billion.

However, over time, his party managed to reveal from the beginning related to financial bookkeeping engineering. Cooperatives actually do not deserve assistance.

Because they have to make a profit in financial management, he said, cooperatives do bookkeeping engineering as if the cooperative suffered a loss in the current year and the previous year. After that, a proposal was submitted to LPDB and finally approved and IDR 1 billion was disbursed in 2011.

However, the cooperative uses funds that are not by its designation which should be distributed to customers. Most of the funds are for other purposes. In fact, there are 210 customers registered with fictitious data.

"We have examined 55 customers. The results of the inspection show that they have never made loans to the cooperative. The cooperative uses fictitious customer reports", said Bakhtiar.

Bakhtiar said that his party had examined witnesses and asked for expert information from the Central Financial Audit Agency (BPKP) and Central Java's BPKP to audit state financial losses.

The Prosecutor's Office summoned S to undergo an examination, then carried out a case title, then his party determined the person concerned as a suspect.

The suspect was immediately detained at the Surakarta District Attorney's Office, Wednesday, July 6. The suspect is now being held and placed in the Surakarta Police Headquarters Detention Center.

The suspect is charged with Article 2 paragraph (1), Article 3, Article 9 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law no. 20 of 2001 with a maximum legal threat of 20 years in prison.