Banyumas Police Reveal Fraud Case Promises TNI/Polri Members

PURWOKERTO - Officer of the Banyumas City Police Criminal Investigation Unit (Polresta), Central Java, succeeded in uncovering cases of fraud and embezzlement of up to hundreds of millions of rupiah by promising the victim's child to become a member of the TNI/Polri.

"This fraud case involved two suspects, namely a woman with the initials MA (40), a resident of Rembang District, Purbalingga Regency, and a man with the initials NJ (42), a resident of Bawen District, Semarang Regency," said Banyumas Police Chief Kombes Pol Edy Suranta Sitepu quoted from Antara, Sunday, April 9.

According to him, the two perpetrators were arrested on Wednesday (6/4), at around 03.00 WIB, while they were in the Rembang District, Purbalingga.

Regarding the chronology of the incident, Kasatreskrim Kompol Agus Supriadi Siswanto said the case started with a meeting of the victim a woman named Maflaka (52), a resident of Adiwerna District, Tegal Regency, with the perpetrator MA and an unknown man (NJ, ed.) in one of the restaurants, Purwokerto, on May 18, 2021.

"At that time the victim came with witnesses on behalf of Jalaludin Akbar and a witness on behalf of Zeyla Aulia Zein," he explained.

During the meeting, he said, the perpetrator promised to include the victim's child as a member of the TNI/Polri and the victim of Maflaka to pay a fee if it was only IDR 250 million.

The perpetrator did not mind if the victim was only able to pay a fee of Rp250 million on the grounds of helping orphans.

After an agreement was made, the victim, accompanied by witness Jalaludin Akbar, immediately headed to Bank BCA Purwokerto to transfer Rp200 million to the account of the perpetrator MA and then returned to the restaurant.

Arriving at the restaurant, the perpetrator made a receipt and a statement stating that a loss of Rp. 50 million would be paid after the victim's child was accepted as a member of the TNI/Polri.

Although a statement has been made regarding the lack of payment, the victim returned to the account of the perpetrator MA amounting to Rp. 10 million on May 7, 2021 and Rp. 20 million on July 5, 2021, and to the account of the perpetrator NJ amounting to Rp. 20 million on September 2, 2021 and Rp. 50 million on April 26, 2022.

"So, the total money that the victim gave to the perpetrators reached Rp. 300 million," said Kasatreskrim.

Sebab karena anaknya tidak kunjung menjadi anggota TNI atau Polri dan uang sebesar Rp300 juta yang disetorkan kepada pelaku tidak dikembalikan, kata dia, korban pun melaporkan kasus tersebut ke Polresta Banyumas yang ditindaktinjut dengan penyelidikan dan penangkapan terhadap kedua pelaku.

He said the evidence that was secured included a bundle of Bank BCA bank statements, an agreement letter, a payment receipt of Rp. 200 million from the victim to the MA perpetrator, a bank transfer slip between BCAs from the victim to the MA account amounting to Rp. 200 million, and a report on BRI Bank transactions.

In addition, his party also secured a bundle of documents for the registration requirements for the candidate Tamtama and NCO PK TNI AD FY 2021, a bundle of documents for the registration requirements for the Tamtama candidate and NCO PK TNI AD 2022, a bundle of documents for the registration requirements for the candidate for NCO for the National Police TA 2022, and a number of other evidences.

"The two perpetrators were charged with Article 378 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 372 of the Criminal Code. We have secured them at this time. For further legal proceedings," explained Agus.