Former President Director Of Allo Bank Indra Utoyo Called By KPK Regarding Allegations Of Corruption In Bank EDC Procurement

Illustration. KPK Red and White Building. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) again summoned Indra Utoyo, who is the former President Director of PT Allo Bank Indonesia, today, October 1. He was investigated for alleged corruption in the procurement of EDC machines for state-owned banks.

"The investigation was carried out at the KPK's Red and White building," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to reporters in his statement, Wednesday, October 1.

Indra Utoyo was summoned by the KPK in his capacity as the former Director of Digital & Information Technology (IT) of a state-owned bank. He held the position in 2017-2022.

Currently, Indra Utoyo is still undergoing examination. He arrived at the anti-corruption commission office at 08.55 WIB.

Meanwhile, Indra was questioned by investigators on September 23. He admitted that he was questioned about the chronology of the procurement of EDC machines which ended up being corrupted.

Apart from Indra Utoyo, investigators also examined other witnesses. They are Andre Santos who is the President Director of PT Integra Pratama and Yogi Septiadi as Director of PT Inti Cipta Solusindo.

Budi has not yet detailed the examination of Indra Utoyo and other witnesses. He only said that the statements of the three were needed to investigate allegations of corruption that was being handled.

"The KPK has scheduled an examination of witnesses in alleged corruption related to the procurement of EDC machines in 2020-2024," he said.

Previously reported, the KPK announced five suspects in alleged corruption in the procurement of EDC machines. They are Catur Budi Harto who is the former Deputy Director of a state-owned bank; Indra Utoyo who is the former Director of Information Technology Digital (ICT) and Operations of the same state-owned bank; and Dedi Sunardi who is the SEVP Management of Activators and Procurement.

Meanwhile, the private sector designated is Elvizar, who is the former Director of PT Pacific Cipta Solusi and Rudi Suprayudi from PT Bringin Inti Teknologi. Even so, the five of them have not been detained.

The procurement of EDC machines at one of the state-owned banks in the 2020-2024 period used a broken and rental purchase scheme. The amount of procurement of EDC machines in the buy and break scheme for the 2020-2023 period reached 346,838 units with a budget of Rp942,794,220,000.

Meanwhile, the rental scheme was carried out twice, namely in 2020 for three years at once until 2023 and 2023 for the extension of 2024-2026. The total budget reached IDR 1,258,550,510,487 with a total EDC for merchant needs of 200,067 units.

The scheme for buying and selling state losses reached Rp241,065,269,129. As for the rental scheme, the state lost up to Rp503,475,105,185.