Hiding Corruption by Bribing Auditors
Paying bribes to obtain an unqualified (WTP) opinion is a crime to cover up another crime. There must be an end to the incentives that trigger this bad behavior.
Tempo
May 16, 2022
THE unqualified (WTP) opinion from an audit by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has become a commodity to be bought and sold by corrupt individuals. Since 2005, at least seven cases of bribes paid by government officials to BPK auditors have emerged. These people bribed state auditors in order to obtain the highest audit status in reports issued by this top financial body.
Of the seven cases that have come to light, regional heads have most o
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