Due to the 1998 financial crisis, several banks were frozen and taken over by the government, then entrusted to the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (BPPN). One of them was Bank Dagang Nasional Indonesia (BDNI), whose shareholder was Sjamsul Nursalim. At that time, the controlling shareholder of BDNI owed the government Rp 47.3 trillion.
This total liability consisted of Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI) amounting to Rp 30.9 trillion, customer deposits and debts of Rp 7.1 trillion, BI liquidity credit of Rp 4.7 trillion, and Letters of Credit (L/C) and other debts of Rp 4.59 trillion. Of this debt, BDNI's assets to pay its obligations to the government amounted to only Rp 18.85 trillion. Therefore, Sjamsul Nursalim still owed Rp 28.4 trillion. This remaining debt was then paid using assets from his ownership of shares in Dipasena and Gadjah Tunggal, as well as cash deposits.
However, in April 2017, the Corruption Eradication Commission named the former head of BPPN, Syafruddin Arsjad Temenggung, a suspect in a corruption case related to the disbursement of Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI). Syafruddin was deemed responsible for issuing a BLBI certificate for BDNI, which was considered to have caused state losses of Rp 3.7 trillion.