Maluku Prosecutor's Office Examines 8 Corruption Witnesses Of Customer Funds That Withdraw Funds Using Teller Users

Head of the Legal Information and Public Relations Section of the Maluku Attorney General's Office, Ardy, SH. MH. (12/08/2024).(ANTARA/daniel)

The Prosecutor's Office examined six witnesses in the alleged corruption case of customer funds at a government bank in Namlea, Buru Regency, Maluku.

"The status of the case is already at the investigation level, so the investigating prosecutors have begun to summon a number of related parties to be examined as witnesses," said Head of the Legal Information Section (Penkum) and Public Relations of the Maluku High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) Maluku Ardy in Ambon, Monday 12 August, confiscated by Antara.

The modus operandi used by bank employees in this case is to use users themselves and the property of a number of other tellers without their knowledge to withdraw customer's funds.

According to him, this case began to be handled by the Maluku Prosecutor's Office in March 2024 since receiving reports or complaints from the public and its status was upgraded to an investigation in July 2024.

The resident's report, which is a bank customer, said that their savings funds have been reduced in bank accounts since 2023, even though no withdrawals have been made in their savings.

"The process of examining six witnesses who are bank employees, especially from today's marketing department, lasts for five hours," he said.

He said that one of the customer services banks owned by the Namlea branch government, Buru Regency is suspected of having withdrawn cash funds from customer accounts unilaterally.

"When it comes to state financial losses in this case, it has not been confirmed because it is still being investigated and the examination process of the witnesses is still ongoing," he said.