Revealed: Mambal LPD Chairman's Actions Left 200 Customers Unable to Withdraw Funds Since 2021

The Badung Resort Police have uncovered a corruption case at the Lembaga Perkreditan Desa (LPD) Desa Adat Mambal in Abiansemal District, Badung, Bali. Hundreds of customers have been unable to withdraw their savings for the past five years. The Head of the Mambal LPD, identified by the initials IWAW (56), has been named as a suspect. Police have examined 111 witnesses in the case so far. The suspect allegedly misappropriated customer funds for personal gain by granting loans using his own name, the names of family members, and by hijacking the identities of others. When these loans became non-performing, he unilaterally manipulated the data to make the credit status appear normal in the institution’s books, repeatedly restructuring the loans without the borrowers’ knowledge. The investigation was delayed after the first auditor, Professor I Wayan Ramananta, fell ill and passed away in April 2024, which led to the blocking of his public accounting firm by the Ministry of Finance. A re-audit was requested on 25 April 2025, and the final report was submitted to investigators on 28 May 2026. The latest audit determined the real loss to be Rp 33,678,732,900, a significant reduction from the initial 2021 estimate of Rp 211 billion. The suspect is charged under multiple articles of the Corruption Eradication Law and the new Criminal Code, facing a maximum prison sentence of 20 years.