Police Arrest Extortion Syndicate Under The Guise Of Dating Through The Application

The Head of the Tamansari Metro Police, Kompol Adhi Wananda, gave a press statement in Jakarta, (photo: dock. intermediate)

JAKARTA - The police have arrested a marketing syndicate under the guise of dating which began with ordering women to call through an application. In this case, the police arrested four people, namely RO (24), OZ (33), a woman with the initials MV (27) and a receiver with the initials AO (38). "Of the four people who were arrested, we also carried out urine checks on the perpetrators. As a result, two positive people obtained methamphetamine and amphetamine (shabu) with the initials RO and OZ," said Metro Tamansari Police Chief Kompol Adhi Wananda in a statement in West Jakarta, Saturday, September 16. Adhi explained the chronology of events starting with the victim MA (36) who worked as a trader wanted to date MV, which he had just met through an application. After getting acquainted, the victim asked for the tariff to spend the night with MV. MV initially answered the dating rate with him of Rp. 300 thousand, then offered by the victim to Rp. 200 thousand. The victim bid again the tariff to Rp. 150 thousand. The victim also reasoned that the money only paid Rp100 thousand, while the rest was paid after receiving a salary.

The victim and MV went into the room. Not long after, the other perpetrators knocked on the room and asked for a room fee of Rp. 100,000 and asked to pay an inn of Rp. 1 million while pointing a pair of scissors. Because the victim did not have money and was afraid, he then gave his cellphone and ATM card to the perpetrators. In this incident, the four perpetrators had a different role, namely RO, played a role in connecting the victim through the female's cellphone MV. Then the perpetrator OZ played a role in coming to the victim's room with scissors and threatening the victim. Then the woman with the initials MV played a role in accompanying the victim in the room and the holder with the initials AO who received the pawn of the victim's cellphone for Rp. 750 thousand. In order to account for his actions, the three perpetrators were subject to Article 368 of the Criminal Code concerning weighting. Meanwhile, one other person was subject to Article 480 of the Criminal Code regarding the detention of goods resulting from criminal acts.