Erick Ardiansyah, an equity sales official at PT Bahana Securities, was arrested on Saturday after a bank complained about false rumours circulating in the market, police spokesman Abubakar Nataprawira said.
'Erick sent out emails saying that several banks were facing liquidity problems and had trouble with their interbank transactions', he said.
'We did our checks and found that these were untrue... the banks have no such problems. If found guilty, Erick can be jailed for six years'.
The emails reportedly said: 'Market news stated that several Indo banks are having liquidity problems and have failed to complete interbank transactions'.
It named six banks before condluding: 'We will keep you updated'. Officials at the banks could not be immediately reached for comment.
Bahana issued a statement on Sunday saying it had no knowledge of its employee's actions.
Bank Indonesia said on Friday it supported efforts by banks and the police to act against 'those who jeopardise the stability of the banking system'. -- AFP
Think he was sending out prank emails or something, and people who forwarded the email irresponsibly may have caused some losses to some investors too.
Morale of the story... don't spam your friends.
if its true
the government of indonesia will collapse