- VIVAnews/Anhar Rizki Affandi
VIVAnews – The Ministry of Finance is tracking down its employees’ bank accounts. The ministry received reports from the Financial Transaction Report and Analysis Center (PPATK) about bank accounts worth hundreds of millions rupiahs owned by the ministry’s employees. The ministry said dismissal is on the horizon if irregular transactions are found.
Finance Ministry Inspector General, Sonny Loho, said that the agency currently compares the funds with the employees’ activities to find out the even the slightest clue.
“And we usually check for any suspicious flow of money. We check the employee’s current work, whether he’s working on procurement or is involved with any taxpayer,” he said.
Sonny explained that the inspection uses backtracking method. The Finance Ministry also teams up with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for further investigation.
“We’re consulting with KPK for further investigation,” he added.
Finance Ministry has also kicked out seven employees including Gayus Tambunan and Bahasyim Assyafie. Meanwhile, five others are still under police investigation.
To date, Finance Ministry found 33 suspicious financial transactions committed by its employees. The findings were supplied by PPATK in terms of 86 suspicious financial transactions.
From the ministry’s investigation, 8 reports have gone through material and statement gathering. So far, nothing suspicious was found. Meanwhile, nine reports were forwarded to KPK upon PPATK’s approval.
