Police Raided, There Are 4 Perpetrators Of Coldplay Concert Ticket Fraud Arrested In South Sulawesi

ANTARA/HO/Documentation of the South Sulawesi Police Resmob)

The South Sulawesi Regional Police Resmob Team together with Unit II of the Tipidsiber Ditreskrimsus Polda Metro Jaya managed to arrest four perpetrators of fraudulent sales of Coldplay band concert tickets on Jalan Andi Haseng, Maritenggae District, Sidrap Regency, South Sulawesi.

"After successfully finding out the whereabouts of the fraudster, the team immediately arrested the alleged perpetrator," said Head of the South Sulawesi Regional Police Resmob Kompol Dharma Negara as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, June 1.

The four perpetrators of the Coldplay concert ticket sale fraud were all men, each with the initials MS(23), Ab(38), MH(36) and Ad(20). The evidence confiscated by the police from the perpetrator's house was six cell phones.

Furthermore, the perpetrators and evidence were brought to the South Sulawesi Regional Police Resmob Command Post in Makassar for further investigation.

The perpetrators deceived a victim named Ida (48), a private employee domiciled on Jalan Buaran II Klender, Duren Sawit District, East Jakarta. Korbantertipu when he saw an upload on Instagram with the account name @jastipket.coldplay on May 13, 2023.

Feeling interested because the British band's concert ticket was difficult to get, Ida then ordered two tickets for Rp9.35 million with an agreement after the victim made the payment, the perpetrator sent the ticket booking code via electronic mail.

The victim, who felt confident and believed and then transferred the money to the DANA virtual account number in the name of Rahma with a total of Rp9,350,000. However, after making the payment, the ticket booking code has not been sent by the perpetrator.

When he realized that he had become a victim of fraud, the victim then reported to the SPKT Polda Metro Jaya.

From the results of the police interrogation, said Kompol Dharma, the perpetrators had their respective roles. The MS perpetrators are tasked with finding victims by offering Coldplay tickets using the Instagram account @jastipket.coldplay which has now been frozen.S

he continued, after getting a potential victim, MS contacted another perpetrator, namely MH to borrow an account (DANA account), then told perpetrator Ab to lend a DANA account on behalf of Rahma.

After the victim transferred the money, Abmen transferred back to the DANA account belonging to the perpetrator Ad, then disbursed the cash to the BRIlink stall agency in Benteng Benteng Ocean, Maritengngae, Sidrap Regency.

The money was then given to MH in the amount of Rp. 9 million and then handed over to MS. After carrying out the work, the proceeds from the fraud were distributed, namely for MS receiving Rp. 7 million, MH Rp. 1,150 million, AbRp. 500 thousand, and AdRp. 350 thousand.