BCA employee jailed for embezzlement<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): West Jakarta District Court sentenced an
\nexecutive of privately run Bank Central Asia (BCA) yesterday to
\neight months in jail for swindling Rp 396 million from customers.<\/p>\n
Presiding judge Parwoto said Budiyanto Teguh, 33, the customer
\nservice head of the BCA branch on Jl. Gajah Mada, was proven
\nguilty of misappropriating the funds from the accounts of 34
\ncustomers between February 1996 and October 1997.<\/p>\n
\"The defendant has damaged people's trust in the banking
\nindustry, especially the customers' trust in BCA,\" Parwoto said.<\/p>\n
But he said the panel of judges also considered the polite
\nbehavior of the defendant during the trial, his acknowledgement
\nof his crime and the fact he had ceded his home to the bank as
\ncompensation in deciding on sentencing.<\/p>\n
In committing the crime, Parwoto said the father of three
\nlearned how to operate computers at the bank from his
\nsubordinates, identified as Kristin, Dwi and Hari.<\/p>\n
The defendant transferred funds from customers to his account
\nafter acquiring the computer passwords of the subordinates, he
\nsaid. \"He then withdrew the (transferred) money from the bank's
\nautomatic teller machines.\"<\/p>\n
Budiyanto transferred funds when his subordinates were at
\nlunch or reporting the bank's daily transactions at Bank
\nIndonesia, he said.<\/p>\n
The scam remained undetected for months because Budiyanto
\nidentified rarely used accounts.<\/p>\n
But it unraveled when several customers reported their money
\nhad been withdrawn without their authorization.<\/p>\n
Parwoto said the defendant was proved guilty of violating
\nArticle 374 of the Criminal Code, which carries a maximum
\npunishment of five years in jail.<\/p>\n
Both prosecutor Baskara and the defendant are considering
\nwhether to appeal.<\/p>\n
Baskara earlier asked the court to sentence Budiyanto to one
\nyear in jail. (jun)<\/p>",
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