2 Turkish Citizens Of Skimming Gang Arrested In Bali, Earn Tens Of Millions Of Money

DENPASAR - Two foreign men from Turkey, Can Yigit (33) and Musa Balca (34) were arrested by the Bali Police. Both are skimming crime gangs in Bali.

"Two Turkish citizens have been arrested for skimming at an ATM in the Bali area," said Director of Criminal Investigation Unit Kombes Ary Satriyan, at the Bali Police Headquarters, Thursday, December 9.

The perpetrator's actions were revealed when Bank Mandiri officers checked an ATM machine in the Mengwi area, Badung. When checked, the lock locking the ATM machine box was broken.

Also found a router tool that has been installed in the machine's modem. The bank immediately reported it to the Bali Police.

Furthermore, when CCTV was checked, it was seen that the two perpetrators came to the ATM booth riding a Vario motorbike and installed the skimming device.

"It was seen that the perpetrators entered the ATM, then dismantled the box lock or casing on the ATM machine using a pass key. Then, installed a route tool and also installed a hidden camera device at the top of the ATM machine keypad," added Kombes Ary.

During the police investigation, both of them were arrested. The police also searched the residence of the perpetrator and found evidence related to the crime of skimming.

"The modus operandi is that the perpetrators installed a skimming device in the form of a router on the ATM machine modem and installed a hidden camera device on the top of the ATM machine's keypad pin. The material loss suffered was Rp. 50 million," he added.

With the installation of skimming tools, customers who make transactions will have their data recorded. The customer's balance was also drained.

"The perpetrators from Turkey have just been in Bali. That's why it only harms some customers. But if you look at the cards there are still many that have not been withdrawn, but we are still developing them," said Kombes Ary.