BBD employee jailed for embezzlement<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta District Court sentenced an
\nemployee of state Bank Bumi Daya (BBD) on Monday to six years in
\njail and fined him Rp 5 million for embezzling Rp 630 million.<\/p>\n
Presiding judge Abas Sumantri also ordered the defendant,
\nWidya Setyohadi, who worked in the bank's clearing department in
\nits Imam Bonjol branch in Central Jakarta, to return as much of
\nthe stolen money as possible to the bank.<\/p>\n
"The defendant was found guilty of transferring the bank's
\nmoney to his account, which caused losses of Rp 630 million to
\nthe state," Abas said.<\/p>\n
According to the judge, Widya embezzled the bank's money by
\ntransferring it to his account since 1991. His actions were
\nuncovered by an internal auditing team in February this year.<\/p>\n
The auditors found that the money was then transferred to
\nWidya's personal account at different banks in Cirebon and
\nBandung, both in West Java, as well as to his wife's account at a
\nBank Central Asia branch here, the judge said.<\/p>\n
According to Abas, the defendant used the money to buy a
\nKijang van, renovate his house and pay off his credit card.<\/p>\n
The defendant, he said, embezzled the money by using the
\ninactive bank accounts of several customers before transferring
\nthe money to his personal Tabungan Jumbo BBD savings account at
\nthe bank.<\/p>\n
"The defendant should have reported the transfer of money to
\nhis account to his supervisor, but he did not," Abas said.<\/p>\n
Widya made all the illicit transfers from his personal
\ncomputer at the bank, the judge said.<\/p>\n
His actions were uncovered in February this year when the
\nbank's auditors found that the defendant had transferred Rp 10
\nmillion to his account without reporting it to his supervisor, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The bank's management then reported the case to the police,
\nwho then arrested Widya, Abas said.<\/p>\n
The judge said the defendant had violated Article 1 (1.a) of
\nLaw No. 3\/1973 on corruption. The article carries a maximum
\npenalty of life sentence and\/or a fine of Rp 30 million.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Agus Widodo earlier asked the court to sentence the
\ndefendant to seven years in jail.<\/p>\n
Both the prosecutor and the defendant are considering whether
\nto appeal the ruling. (jun)<\/p>",
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