Former Employee Of A Bank Owned By Chairul Tanjung Arrested For Embezzlement Of Customer Funds Of IDR 5.7 Billion

The perpetrator of fraud and embezzlement of Bank Mega customer money in East Java has the initials YES. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Again, cases of embezzlement of customer funds occurred. After the busy case of Winda Earl, whose Rp.22.8 billion disappeared in Maybank Indonesia, this time a similar case occurred in Malang City, East Java.

The Malang Police (Polres) arrested a woman who committed fraud and embezzlement of customer money with the initials YA, aged 44, with a total loss of Rp. 5.7 billion.

Malang Police Chief AKBP Hendri Umar said that the perpetrator was a former leader of a leading bank in the city of Malang, which promised deposit interest rates to customers of 12-15 percent per year.

"YA is a former branch manager of one of the leading banks, Bank Mega, and promises 12-15 percent interest per year," said Hendri, at a press conference in Malang Regency, East Java, as quoted from Antara, Thursday, November 26.

Hendri explained, there were as many as eight customers who were caught by the YA lure. Two of the customers are residents of Malang Regency, while the other six are residents of Malang City.

According to Hendri, of the two customers who are residents of Malang Regency, the total money that has been paid to the perpetrators of YES is IDR 940 million. Meanwhile, the amount of money deposited by six customers from Malang City reached IDR 4.5 billion.

"We have been investigating since September 2020, and the facts have been found. It turns out that several other incidents, with the same mode, were carried out in the city of Malang," he said.

Hendri explained, the results of the investigation conducted by the Malang Police Satreskrim, what YA did, started when he was still serving at Bank Mega. YA also promises that interest will be paid monthly to its customers.

According to Hendri, the customers and YA have known each other for a long time. YA offers its customers, to invest their money in a program called cashback deposits.

He added that the cashback deposit program was only a trick of the suspect, and was not a program from the bank where YA worked. YA promises high interest returns to customers.

"There is absolutely no type of cashback deposit savings, this is purely a YA creation. The money deposited by the customer is not put into the victim's account in the bank," he said.

The money collected by YA, continued Hendri, was out of the bank's knowledge. YA uses the money from the customer to pay interest installments to the customer, including for personal use.

"For now, there are still eight victims. However, we also set up a complaint post, if there are other victims who want to report. We invite them to come, either in the regency or city of Malang," said Hendri.

Apart from securing the suspect, the police also secured a number of evidence. Among them, 10 sheets of deposit slip for Bank Mega deposits, 57 sheets of proof of deposit for Bank BCA worth IDR 243 million, and 29 pieces of deposit slip for Bank BCA worth IDR 178 million.

As a result of his actions, the suspect YA was charged with articles 378 and 372 of the Criminal Code (KUHP) regarding fraud and / or embezzlement, with the threat of a sentence of four years in prison.