Six Jakarta Banks Subjects to Fraud in 2011

The Jakarta Police Department has uncovered six cases on fraud over bank customers' fund as well as credit cards along the first quarter of 2011.

According to Chief of Monetary Fiscal and Foreign Exchange Unit at the Jakarta Police Department, Adj. Chief. Comm. Aris Munandar, the banking crimes have been committed over three state banks and three private ones.

"There are at least 20 suspects named from the cases," said Munandar on Friday.

All cases are resulted from neat inside job committed in each bank. Of all the suspects investigated by the police, six people are proven as insiders.

It is common that those perpetrating the crimes are of customer-service-related offices.

"Customer service officers act as if they were secretaries who may forge customers' signatures," said Aris.

In 2010, Jakarta Police Department received 12 reports of bank fraud.

Earlier, a Citibank manager was discovered embezzling fund of the bank's customers worth Rp 17 billion. Police are still seeking more evidence from the case.

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