Celebrity In Palembang Arrested For Alleged Fraudulent Investment

JAKARTA - A celebrity with the initials ALN (30) in Palembang has been named a suspect in the case of alleged fraudulent investments worth tens of millions of rupiah.

IB 1 Palembang Police Chief Commissioner of Police Roy Tambunan said ALN was named a suspect after investigators examined witnesses and sufficient evidence.

"Witnesses have been examined, including the Navy reported who fulfilled the summons as a witness on Friday (January 14). The results of this case have filled evidence that the Navy was named a suspect today," said Commissioner of Police Roy Tambunan, quoting Antara, Saturday, January 15.

According to Roy, the suspect, who lives on Swadaya Street, Srijaya Village, Alang-alang Lebar Subdistrict, Palembang, South Sumatra, acts as a service provider for buying and selling clothes. ALN then offers openly to the public to invest in its business through the application for sharing stories on social media Instagram (Story Instagram).

The suspect turned out to be a recidivist in the same case in 2017. The police chief said the suspect also promised a 9 percent profit from a minimum capital of Rp10 million. However, the journey did not go as expected so the victim reported the case to the police.

"It is suspected that there was not only one victim, because there were several who reported to other units. We handled the reporting on behalf of the victim with the initials CG with a loss value of Rp48.2 million," he said.

The evidence that was secured was in the form of bank statements of the victim and the suspect, one copy of the screenshot of the message between the victim and the suspect, and one copy of the results of the district court's verdict on behalf of the Navy.

As a result of his actions, the suspect is subject to Article 372 (embezzlement) and 378 (fraud) of the Criminal Code with a penalty of 4 years imprisonment.

"The suspect is detained at the IB Police for the next 20 days for further investigation," he said.