Online reports claiming that Rita Montagna, the director of PT MNC Bank Internasional Tbk, had been barred from leaving Indonesia turned out to be false. The rumors went further, alleging her passport was being held and her bank accounts had been frozen. The top executive of the OJK, the country's financial services authority, dismissed the story outright. He stated the claims were baseless and misleading to the public. Hoaxes of this kind can rattle depositors and investors when they target the leadership of a listed bank. Anyone who came across the story has been advised to treat it as unverified chatter rather than fact. MNC Bank trades under the ticker BABP.