Denpasar Prosecutor's Office Investigate Alleged Corruption Of Credit Funds At State-Owned Banks

DENPASAR - The Denpasar District Attorney, Bali, is investigating allegations of corruption in credit distribution funds at a state-owned bank unit in Denpasar City in 2019-2020.

"The investigative team has found a criminal law incident regarding the application of 'mask' credit (performed by a third party), businesses that do not have a Business Certificate (SKU), and the taking of credit funds by parties who are not debtors," said Head of Intel Kejari Denpasar I Putu Eka Suyantha was quoted by Antara, Tuesday, March 8.

He said that from the alleged misappropriation of credit funds at one of the state-owned banks, it is estimated that the state financial losses suffered by the state-owned bank reached hundreds of millions.

For this reason, based on the Investigation Order of the Head of the Denpasar District Attorney No. 01/N.1.10/fd.1/03/2022 dated March 7, 2020, has raised the status of handling cases of alleged irregularities in lending funds at a state-owned bank in a unit in Denpasar in 2019-2020.

Furthermore, the investigative team will collect evidence to determine who the suspect is.

Until now, the investigation team is still examining witnesses to fulfill the evidence related to this case.

"Yes (still examining) several witnesses related to the case report," he said.

The Denpasar Kejari ensured that strict action would be taken if there were irregularities in credit distribution.