Bank NTB Syariah Money Game Case Files Declared Complete

The NTB Police Ditreskrimsus Photo-Building Archives. (ANTARA/Dhimas B.P.)

The research prosecutor stated that the case file for the alleged "money game" (money game) in financial transactions belonging to hundreds of customers of Bank NTB Syariah was complete.

The Director of Special Criminal Investigation (Dirreskrimsus) of the NTB Police, Kombes Nasrun Pasaribu, said that his party would follow up on this by handing over the suspect along with evidence.

"If there are no obstacles, next week we will carry out phase two (transmitting the suspect and evidence) to the public prosecutor," Nasrun said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, May 15.

In completing the file belonging to the suspect with the initials PS, he ensured that investigators had pocketed at least two pieces of evidence.

The evidence that corroborates the suspicion that the suspect PS committed a crime while serving as a non-cash service provider included witness statements, document confiscation, audit results from internal banks and independent parties with a loss of Rp11.9 billion.

From the investigator's analysis, he said that the money that appeared as a loss figure was allegedly only enjoyed by PS. With this analysis, the police confirmed that there was no alleged flow of money that led to other parties.

PS's mode of profit is by running the system like a "gagging hole, closing hole". Every time a customer complains about a lack of nominal savings, PS covers it by taking money from another customer's account.

This mode is thought to have occurred since 2012. Because it closed each other, this mode was not detected by the Internal Control System (SPI). The mode was revealed for the 2019-2020 period after PS left his position as a non-cash service provider.

The investigation into the alleged "money game" case at Bank NTB Syariah originated from a report. From the investigation, a loss of Rp. 11.9 billion emerged from a transaction fund of 440 Bank NTB Syariah customers.