Aseam Bank's ex-director testifies<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A retired director of a private bank has
\ntestified that his bank had been used by five defendants on trial
\nfor a Rp 7 billion (US$2.9 million) fraud.<\/p>\n
The former director of Aseam Bank, Muda Siregar Siagian, said
\nTuesday he was only aware of the scandal after he was informed by
\na staff member at Bank Indonesia, the central bank. Two of the
\nfive defendants tried at the Central Jakarta District Court were
\nBI employees.<\/p>\n
The two, Nasran Amar and Ayub Surtarya, are charged with
\ndefrauding Bank Indonesia. They were allegedly part of a plot to
\nopen a fake money transfer.<\/p>\n
Siagian said his employees later alerted him of the transfer
\nof Rp 7 billion to his bank's account from the central bank.<\/p>\n
\"The account was transferred by a man called Dahlan, whom he
\ndid not know, to be used by PT Delta Kayu, a private company,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Siagian said the company wanted to take over a bad loan of Rp
\n1.9 billion from another company.<\/p>\n
He added that Aseam Bank issued checks worth Rp 6.6 billion
\nfor PT Delta Kayu. According to an agreement between the company
\nand his bank, PT Delta Kayu had to pay Rp 400 million every month
\nto Aseam.<\/p>\n
Judge Abbas Sumantri said he was curious about Aseam Bank's
\nswift action in issuing the checks and whether the bank was
\ninvolved.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor said Aseam Bank's account at Bank Indonesia was
\nused to receive a fake transfer made by a BI employee. (13)<\/p>",
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