Ex-Bank staff pleads guilty of graft<\/p>\n
TANGERANG (JP): Defendant Rudi Budiman, a former head of the
\nTangerang branch office of a privately-owned bank, admitted to
\nall the wrongdoings he had been accused of, which together caused
\nthe bank Rp 3.1 billion (US$352,270) in losses.<\/p>\n
In the hearing of his case at the Tangerang Court on Tuesday,
\nRudi, 37, confessed that he had embezzled money from savings
\naccounts, time deposits and promissory notes belonging to
\ncustomers of PT Bank Prashida Utama from 1988 to 2000 by
\nimitating the signatures of the customers at the bank's branch
\noffice on Jl. Merdeka.<\/p>\n
The court also presented Lina Anggraini, a member of the
\nbank's board of directors, who said that the bank initially found
\nno irregularities and that an auditing team dispatched to examine
\nthe cash flow of the bank also found nothing suspicious.<\/p>\n
She, however, admitted that the bank did not apply strict
\ncontrol measures over the flow of cash at that time.<\/p>\n
Lina, who is also the sister-in-law of the defendant,
\ndisclosed that the branch office heads at the firm were only
\nallowed to officially withdraw up to Rp 500 million in cash at
\nthe most.<\/p>\n
To withdraw cash of more than Rp 500 million, the branch
\noffice heads were required to request approval from the bank's
\nheadquarters in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Mursidi accused Rudi of embezzling the funds from
\nthe savings accounts, time deposits and promissory notes of eight
\nindividuals and one firm.<\/p>\n
\"The stolen money was used by the defendant for, among other
\nthings, recreation, buying stocks and paying deposit rates,\"
\nMursidi said.<\/p>\n
Outside the court, after the hearing, Rudi suddenly insisted
\nthat he did nothing wrong and had not stolen a single rupiah from
\nthe bank.<\/p>\n
\"If I had embezzled such a large amount of money, it'd be
\nimpossible for me to be here like this,\" he shouted.<\/p>\n
The hearing was adjourned until next week. (41\/bsr)<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ex-bank-staff-pleads-guilty-of-graft-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }