Treasury head of BI unaware of fake transfer

Treasury head of BI unaware of fake transfer

JAKARTA (JP): The head of Bank Indonesia's treasury division,
testifying in the trial of two men charged with defrauding the
bank of Rp 7 billion (US$2.9 million), told the Central Jakarta
District Court yesterday that he was unaware of any fictitious
transfers until a month after they occurred.

The witness, Hardjanto, said he was told about the
irregularities on Aug. 14.

He said he then checked documents and found a transfer form
which had not been processed according to bank procedure. He then
reported it to the bank's internal investigation section.

"The receipt signed by the official at the receiving section
was not attached at the transfer form," he said.

Two former Bank Indonesia employees, Nasran Amar and Ayub
Sutarya are on trial over the incident.

The prosecution said the defendants helped one of Hardjanto's
staff, Naman Kawi, commit the fraud. Naman has been tried
separately.

Nasran was accused of helping Naman, the head of the cashier
section, to find someone with an account at the bank who could be
used as a money receiver.

Ayub was charged with giving his password to Naman so he could
enter fake data into the bank's computer.

The prosecution said Naman filled out a form on July 8,
stating that PT Aseam, which had an account, had received a
transfer of Rp 7 billion. The form was signed by Dahlan, a fake
name.

Naman and four other defendants allegedly shared the money
after withdrawing it from PT Aseam's account on July 11.

Hardjanto said that he checked the bank's cash balance every
afternoon but found everything all right.

The prosecution said Naman wrote a letter saying the bank's
office on Jl. M.H. Thamrin sent Rp 7 billion to its downtown
branch office, in order to keep the cash balance.

In the previous session, a Bank Indonesia accountant said
there was no obligation to cross examine the cashier and
accounting section when transfers were made. (13)