Indonesian former bank official jailed in bribery scandal

An Indonesian court has sentenced a former central bank official to three years in jail on corruption charges stemming from a high-profile scandal.

Presiding Judge Gusrizal of the country's Corruption Court says 63-year-old Miranda Swaray Goeltom was found guilty Thursday of bribing lawmakers responsible for vetting candidates for a top Bank Indonesia post in 2004.

Goeltom was arrested in June for conspiring with businesswoman Nunun Nurbaetie in paying $2.2 million in bribes to legislators to vote for her.

She was eventually selected to the post.

The five-judge panel also fined Goeltom $11,000.

Twenty-eight lawmakers were also convicted and sentenced to 17 months in jail last year for bribery in the case. Nurbaetie is currently serving 2 and a half years in prison for distributing the money.