A panel of judges
sentenced former Citibank customer relations manager Inong Melinda Dee on
Wednesday to eight years in prison and Rp 10 billion (US$1.09 million) in fines
for embezzling customers' funds.
She went on a spending spree for big ticket items such as luxury cars,
apartments and houses after stealing the money.
Among her purchases were cars such as Ferraris, Porsches, Mercedes
Benzes and Hummers.
"The defendant has been conclusively found guilty of receiving
money through 117 illegal transactions," Presiding judge Gusrizal said at
the South Jakarta District Court.
The judges also found Melinda guilty of infringements of the 1999 Law
on Banking and 2010 Law on Money Laundering.
The verdict is lighter than the 13 years in prison sought by the
prosecutors.
Melinda is said to have swindled up to 40 billion rupiah (S$5.6
million) from the bank's premium clients.
She reportedly ordered 117 transfers from her Citigold clients'
accounts to her and her acquaintances' accounts between 2007 and 2011.
According to The Straits Times, her husband, younger sister and
brother-in-law were also sentenced to jail terms ranging from two to four years
for money laundering.
Her embezzlement were first highligted after one of Citi's clients
noticed unauthorised transfers and reported them.
The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network
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