AGO to check losses from web graft
AGO traces website graft money to Singapore
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 12/08/2008 10:11 AM | National
The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has traced some money allegedly embezzled from the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights in an online services graft scam to a Singapore bank account.
The AGO's assistant attorney general for special crimes Marwan Effendi said Monday they had traced the proceeds which were part of the 90 percent of the embezzled funds received by PT Sarana Rekatama Dinamika (SRD), the company which set up and ran the ministry's website www.sisminbakum.com.
"The money has been transferred from Bank Danamon to an account in a Singapore-based bank. We will investigate the account's owner and all recipients of that money," he told kompas.com after holiday prayers in Jakarta on Monday.
Marwan also said some of the proceeds had been kept on deposit in an account in Danamon Bank while another portion was on deposit at the Tebet, South Jakarta, branch of state-owned Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI).
"We will ask for further clarification from the company's director Yohannes Woworuntu on the misappropriated funds," he said.
The graft investigation has been looking into how ministry officials and the website operator misappropriated access fees. Those fees were collected through the website where private
companies could register new legal entities. The website was set up by the ministry's directorate general of legal administration.
Instead of going into state coffers, 90 percent of the payments went to SRD and the remaining 10 percent went directly to directorate officials. The AGO has estimated the state suffered
losses of Rp 400 billion (US$33,000) due to the graft. (ewd)
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 12/08/2008 10:11 AM | National
The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has traced some money allegedly embezzled from the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights in an online services graft scam to a Singapore bank account.
The AGO's assistant attorney general for special crimes Marwan Effendi said Monday they had traced the proceeds which were part of the 90 percent of the embezzled funds received by PT Sarana Rekatama Dinamika (SRD), the company which set up and ran the ministry's website www.sisminbakum.com.
"The money has been transferred from Bank Danamon to an account in a Singapore-based bank. We will investigate the account's owner and all recipients of that money," he told kompas.com after holiday prayers in Jakarta on Monday.
Marwan also said some of the proceeds had been kept on deposit in an account in Danamon Bank while another portion was on deposit at the Tebet, South Jakarta, branch of state-owned Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI).
"We will ask for further clarification from the company's director Yohannes Woworuntu on the misappropriated funds," he said.
The graft investigation has been looking into how ministry officials and the website operator misappropriated access fees. Those fees were collected through the website where private
companies could register new legal entities. The website was set up by the ministry's directorate general of legal administration.
Instead of going into state coffers, 90 percent of the payments went to SRD and the remaining 10 percent went directly to directorate officials. The AGO has estimated the state suffered
losses of Rp 400 billion (US$33,000) due to the graft. (ewd)