Man arrested over Rp 1b fraud

JAKARTA (JP): Detectives from the city police's general crimes squad arrested a man on Thursday over an alleged Rp 1 billion (US$102,040) fraud.

General crimes squad chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Tito Karnavian said on Friday that Mulyadi had allegedly defrauded PT Berlian Teknik using fake purchase orders from two big firms, namely PT Texmaco and PT Glatindo.

"He paid a man at PT Texmaco and another at PT Glatindo to get him the fake purchase orders, each worth Rp 500 million, along with the proper stamps," Tito said.

Mulyadi then approached Husni Ayub, a director of PT Berlian Tehnik, and persuaded him to enter into a contract. After getting Rp 1 billion from Husni, he then disappeared.

The police have been searching for Mulyadi since the complaint was filed on Oct. 6 last year.

Mulyadi, whom the police said was "an extremely intelligent man," was arrested at the residence of his first wife on Jl. Taman Ubud V in Curug, Tangerang.

"We had been watching Mulyadi's second wife's house. Instead, it turned out that Mulyadi was hiding in the house of his first wife," Tito said.(ylt)