text: Indonesia newspaper reports central bank scandal . JAKARTA 1996-08-27 Indonesia 's central bank suffered seven billion rupiah ( $ 2.9 million ) in losses resulting from fake transactions , the Jakarta Post reported on Tuesday . A Bank Indonesia spokeswoman confirmed the newspaper report but declined to give further details . The bank 's governor Sudradjat Djiwandono was quoted as saying on Monday about 5.4 billion rupiah of the seven billion rupiah had been recovered . The newspaper said it was the central bank 's first public scandal in its 43-year history . The paper said five people had been arrested and police were looking for two more suspects . ( $ 1 = 2,341 rupiah )