Three men nabbed for bank fraud

Three men nabbed for bank fraud

JAKARTA: Three men were arrested on Friday by the Sawah Besar
Police for allegedly trying to cash Rp 31 billion (US$3.3
million) in fraudulent deposit certificates at Bank International
Indonesia (BII).

The police said the suspects, identified as Benyamin, Nukman
and Syaiful Bachri, were nabbed at the BII's Juanda branch office
in Central Jakarta, while trying to cash two deposit
certificates, worth Rp 26 billion (US$2.8 million) and Rp 5
billion respectively.

BII realized the certificates were fake and reported the men
to the nearby police station.

National Police fraud squad chief Brig. Gen. Samuel Ismoko
said his office was investigating the case. -- JP