Abstract
This research is aimed to investigate and identify the pattern and classification of corruptors in Indonesia, especially the state officials being imprisoned. This research used the qualitative method. The data were collected through documentations and interviews. The source of the data was chosen by purposive sampling technique. The researcher interviewed deeply 9 suspects of corruption cases being imprisoned. The results of the research show that the classification of corruptors in Indonesia includes all types of corruptions constructed by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), namely: conflict of interest, bribery, illegal gratuities, and economic extortion. Based on the interview, it is found that the interviewees perform different types of corruptions as follows: there are some suspects perform more than one type of corruptions; there are some suspects perform single corruptions with the same type, and there are some suspects perform single corruptions with the different type. In Indonesia, it is not only the people of executive, legislative, and judiciary who can perform corruptions, but also the people of private sections.
Highlights
Corruption is an act of utilizing a public function to self-benefit that extremely leads to bad impacts to the development of social and economy condition of a country [1, 2, 3]
All the types of corruptions constructed by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) namely conflict of interest, bribery, illegal gratuities, and economic extortion are found in the corruption cases in Indonesia
The nine interviewees can be categorized into there types of classification as follows: (1) 3 people perform more than one types of corruption; (2) three people perform single corruption with the same type, and (3) 3 people perform single corruption with a different type
Summary
Corruption is an act of utilizing a public function to self-benefit that extremely leads to bad impacts to the development of social and economy condition of a country [1, 2, 3]. The Index of Corruption Perception in Indonesia in the last ten years is not more than 4. If it is compared with some countries such as Malaysia and Singapore, Indonesia is left behind in 2014. Malaysia gets 52 and is ranked 50, while Singapore gets 84 and is ranked 7 [12]
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