15 arrested for fraud

15 arrested for fraud

PEKANBARU, Riau: Police have arrested 15 people suspected of
defrauding PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia of billions of rupiah,
Antara reported yesterday.

Provincial police chief Col. Moch. Maliki Sudirja said
yesterday seven of the suspects were permanent employees of the
oil company, three were contract workers, the remaining were
accomplices.

The suspects allegedly cheated the company by falsifying
numbers of operational equipment used, and selling equipment.

Police said they began investigating after receiving reports
from the company early last month. The alleged corruption
involved more than 100 different types of equipment.

"Too many to mention one by one," said the company's Vice
President Corporate Services Adnan Tisnabudi. (swe)