South Kalimantan Prosecutor's Office Continues To Explore Rp5.9 Billion Fictitious Loans At State Banks

Assistant for Special Crimes at the South Kalimantan Prosecutor's Office Dwianto Prihartono (Photo via Antara)

JAKARTA - The Prosecutor's Office of South Kalimantan continues to investigate allegations of fictitious credit worth Rp. 5.9 billion at a state-owned bank at the Marabahan branch office, Barito Kuala Regency.

"Investigators in the Special Crimes Sector are continuing to dig up information from the Banjarmasin City Population and Civil Registration Service (Disdukcapil) regarding population data used for fictitious customers," said Assistant for Special Crimes at the South Kalimantan Prosecutor's Office Dwianto Prihartono in Banjarmasin, Wednesday, May 25, quoted from Antara.

So, giving credit using engineered data is indicated to be a suspect mode, so that fraudulent practices that harm the state's finances can run smoothly.

"So there are those who go through intermediaries by using business legality and fictitious personal data," he explained.

Information from Disdukcapil officers is needed to identify population data that is suspected to have been used in the fictitious credit case.

Because the results of the investigation found indications of discrepancy between the population data used in credit fraud and the actual data.

Dwianto said that until now the suspect is still one person, namely the initials MI who is the Relationship Manager at the bank concerned.

MI was named a suspect after investigators for the Special Crimes Division of the South Kalimantan Prosecutor's Office found that there was a fraudulent act against lending that resulted in an actual loss of refinancing investment credit for the 2021 audit period, resulting in state losses estimated at Rp5.9 billion.