JAKARTA (Reuters) -Global commodities trading firm Trafigura said an employee at its Indonesian subsidiary has been cooperating with the authorities in a corruption investigation involving state energy company PT Pertamina.
The Indonesian Attorney General’s Office on Thursday named nine more people, including the employee at PT Trafigura, as suspects in an investigation into alleged corrupt activities between 2018 and 2023 that officials have said resulted in losses of 285 trillion rupiah ($17.58 billion) to the state.
“We understand that the employee has been recently named a suspect in an investigation involving PT Pertamina,” a Trafigura spokesperson said in an email.
“Trafigura is providing appropriate legal representation to the employee. The company is awaiting further details about the specific allegations.”
The suspects were allegedly involved in improper imports of crude oil and fuel, improper shipping leases and fuel terminal lease procurements, the AGO said.
($1 = 16,215.0000 rupiah)
(Reporting by Fransiska Nangoy; Writing by Florence Tan; Editing by Sonali Paul)
