Former Cashier At Private Company Embezzled Half A Billion To Buy A Car And Build A House

Suspect of embezzling money belonging to a private company in Tangerang Banten/Photo: Doc. Banten Police

TANGERANG - The Tangerang Police Criminal Investigation Unit (Satreskrim) has arrested a woman with the initials MSM (39) for the crime of embezzling money while working as a cashier at PT Sumber Batu on Serang Street, Balaraja District, Tangerang Regency.

The Head of Criminal Investigation Unit at the Tangerang Police, Commissioner Zamrul Aini, confirmed the arrest. Zamrul said the arrest was based on a report from PT Sumber Batu regarding the alleged crime of embezzlement committed by its employees.

"The company was suspicious while conducting an audit. Where, the amount of income did not match the number of goods that came out. During the inspection, MSM did not deny the accusations given to her," explained Zamrul.

"If we received a report, the company suffered a loss of IDR 662,055,000. However, when examined, the reported party admitted that he had not embezzled that amount of company money," added Zamrul.

To investigators, MSM admitted that he had used the company's money amounting to IDR 125 million for personal purposes such as buying a car and building a house.

To account for her actions, the mother of one child is subject to Article 374 of the Criminal Code and or 372 of the Criminal Code regarding embezzlement in the office with a penalty of 5 years in prison.