Breaking 34 Accounts At Bank Maluku And Causing Losses Of IDR 1,213 Billion, These 2 Perpetrators Were Sentenced To Varied

The Ambon Corruption Court of Justice sentenced two former employees of PT. Bank Maluku-Malut (Photo: ANTARA)

AMBON - Two former employees of PT Bank Maluku-Malut at the Sub-Branch Office in Banda, Central Maluku Regency, Aryani Katjong and Pridayatni Supriyatna were sentenced to various sentences by the panel of judges. Both are involved in the act of breaking into customer funds.

"Defendant Pridayatni was sentenced to 6 years in prison and a fine of IDR 300 million, subsidiary to 4 months in prison and to pay compensation of IDR 1,093 billion, subsidiary to 6 months in prison", said Chief Justice of the Corruption Eradication Committee, Jenny Tulak, when reading the verdict at the Ambon Corruption Court, Thursday, July 8th.

Meanwhile, the defendant Aryani Katjong was sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of IDR 300 million, subsidiary to 3 months in prison. The two of them collaborated to withdraw customer money at the PT BM Main Branch Office in Ambon City as many as 34 accounts by making Automated Teller Machines cards.

Based on the report on the results of the investigation by BPK RI number 17/LHP/XXI/09/2020 dated September 20, 2020, the actions of both of them caused losses to state finances amounting to IDR 1.213 billion.

Aryani Katjong is the former Head of the Maluku Bank Sub-Branch in Banda Naira, Central Maluku Regency. While Pridayatni is former customer service at the Regionally-Owned Enterprises owned by the Maluku Provincial Government.

There is also the aggravating thing that the defendant was sentenced for not supporting the government's program to eradicate corruption, while the mitigating factor was that the defendant was polite and had never been punished.

Previously, the Maluku Attorney General's Office, Achmad Atamimi, demanded that the defendant Pridayatni Supriyatna be sentenced to eight years in prison, fined IDR 300 million, subsidiary to three months in prison, and to pay compensation of IDR 1,093 billion, subsidiary to one year in prison.

Meanwhile, the defendant Aryani Katjong was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison and a fine of IDR 300 million, subsidiary to three months in prison, but he was not required to pay compensation.

The defendant's actions are as regulated and subject to criminal penalties in Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 paragraph (1), paragraph (2), and paragraph (3) of the Law on the Eradication of Corruption Crimes Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 56 number 2 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

According to the Public Prosecutor, Defendant Aryani intentionally provided the means, opportunity, or information to commit a crime on a day and date that cannot be remembered with certainty but lasted from March to June 2017.

Whereas the account number for the transfer through ATM was carried out by Pridayatni Supriyatna as customer service at PT. Maluku Bank Sub-Branchin Banda Naira from the ATM issued, namely from 34 Regionally-Owned Enterprises customer accounts at the Ambon main branch office, BNI savings account number 0724133596 in the name of the defendant Yatni.

"So this self-issued ATM card was used by Defendant Yatni to withdraw customer's money either through an ATM owned by PT. Maluku Bank or from another bank's ATM or interbank to enter her account", explained the prosecutor.

The defendant has also returned the money amounting to IDR 120.2 million so that the remaining state financial losses of IDR 1,093 billion.