Figure Manipulation Revealed in Rp 992 Billion Corruption Case
Prosecutors presented Erwin Kurniawan, Finance Director of PT Tebo Indah, as a witness in the alleged corruption case involving export financing from the Indonesia Export Financing Agency (LPEI) between 2014 and 2015. Erwin revealed a practice of “number doctoring” — altering figures to meet the requirements for credit disbursement.
Erwin made the statement while testifying at the Jakarta Central Corruption Court on Wednesday (15 July 2026). Erwin initially said that the figures on various documents were first agreed upon in a Board of Directors (BOD) meeting determined by Handoko Limaho, the Beneficial Owner of PT Tebo Indo (TI) and PT Pratama Agro Sawit.
“Because we have already examined Mrs Teli, and it was mentioned that there were several invoices and delivery notes that were not genuine. So the witness said that before this was done, there was a BOD meeting first, right? It was agreed that the figures would be set. So who determined what the figures should be at that BOD meeting?” the prosecutor asked.
“It was Pak Handoko,” Erwin replied.
Erwin said that once the figures on the invoices and the use of company names had been agreed by the BOD, the other documents would be adjusted accordingly. He said the supervision report was one of the documents arranged so that the credit from LPEI could be disbursed.
Erwin said the supervision report was supplemented with invoices for fertiliser purchases and contractor payments. He said the figures on the invoices and supporting documents were based on the BOD agreement, not actual data.
“So who else, apart from that, determined, ‘Right, the figure must be this much, the invoice must be this much, this PT must be used, and the delivery note must come from this PT’ — was that also discussed in that BOD meeting?” the prosecutor asked.
“Yes, automatically, once that figure had been determined, the supporting documents also had to follow,” Erwin answered.
“Yes, how, exactly?” the prosecutor asked, requesting Erwin to explain further.
“So, for this disbursement, there was a facility already granted by LPEI, and one of the requirements for disbursing from that facility was a supervision report. This supervision report had to attach the supporting documents. Among them were invoices for fertiliser purchases and contractors. Those documents were to support the figures we submitted for disbursement. So, to support the figures in the disbursement, the contract documents with fertiliser suppliers and contractors automatically had to match the figures that had been agreed,” he said.
The prosecutor then gave an example: if the credit to be disbursed was Rp 1 billion, all transaction documents would also be made to appear as Rp 1 billion. Erwin confirmed this.
“This is just an example. Say the figure in question is Rp 1 billion. Then the invoice would have to be adjusted to the Rp 1 billion figure, correct?” the prosecutor asked.
“More or less like that,” Erwin replied.
“So it matches — Rp 1 billion from LPEI, and accountability documentation as if it were also Rp 1 billion, is that right?” the prosecutor asked.
“Yes,” Erwin answered.
Prosecutors said the case caused Rp 992.8 billion in losses to state finances. In total, eight people stand as defendants:
Andi Maulana Adjie, former Head of the Sharia Financing Division Department at LPEI, 2011-2017
Intan Apriadi, former Head of the Sharia Financing Division at LPEI, 2007-2016
Gamaginta, former Head of Sharia Department 1 at LPEI, 2017-2018
Komaruzzaman, former Head of Sharia Financing Department 2, 2011-2016
Liu Raymond (LR), Director of PT Tebo Indah
Dwi Wahyudi, former Executive Director 1 of the Business Unit at LPEI, 2009-2018
Ryan Wahyudi, Relation Manager of Sharia Financing 1 at LPEI
Handoko Limaho, Beneficial Owner of PT Tebo Indo (TI) and PT Pratama Agro Sawit