From Rags to Criminal Riches
Tuesday, February 4, 2003
THE son of a poor pedicab driver, Hendra Rahardja outgrew his modest beginnings to become one of Indonesia's most notorious banking criminals. Rahardja misappropriated enormous amounts of money from Bank Indonesia and laundered it into personal business interests abroad.
Rahardja's strategy of deception began in September 1997. At that time, Indonesia was experiencing a major economic crisis. The foreign currency exchange rate of the rupiah
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