“The case concerns notifications delivered via SMS and WhatsApp,” KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo said on Friday.
He was responding to questions regarding the issuance of general investigation warrants, which have been opened without naming suspects, involving projects at BRI and Telkom.
Prasetyo had previously disclosed only that the anti-graft agency was investigating procurement related to notification services at the two state-owned companies.
According to the KPK, the procurement is suspected of causing state losses of nearly two trillion rupiah (US$107 million).
Asked whether the probe was linked to previous corruption cases involving BRI or Telkom, Prasetyo said the investigation concerns a separate matter and is unrelated to earlier cases handled by the agency.
The KPK is also investigating alleged corruption in the procurement of electronic data capture (EDC) machines at BRI, a case first announced on June 26, 2025.
On June 30, 2025, the agency said the EDC procurement project was valued at 2.1 trillion rupiah (US$113 million) and imposed six-month overseas travel bans on 13 individuals.
Those barred from leaving the country were identified by their initials as CBH, IU, DS, MI, AJ, IS, AWS, IP, KS, EL, NI, RSK and SRD.
The KPK estimates state losses in the EDC case at about 700 billion rupiah (US$37 million), equivalent to roughly 30 percent of the project's total value.
On July 9, 2025, the KPK named five individuals as suspects in the case: BRI Deputy President Director Catur Budi Harto (CBH); and Indra Utoyo (IU), former Director of Digital and Information Technology at BRI and current President Director of Allo Bank.
Followed by Dedi Sunardi (DS), SEVP of Asset Management and Procurement at BRI; Elvizar (EL), President Director of PT Pasifik Cipta Solusi (PCS); and Rudy Suprayudi Kartadidjaja (RSK), President Director of PT Bringin Inti Teknologi.
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