Land Mafia In Pandeglang Banten Arrested, Acting Like Land Owner And Forging Signatures

SERANG - Banten Police Ditreskrimum managed to uncover a land mafia syndicate. Perpetrators sell plots of land illegally to other parties by falsifying the victim's signature when processing legal documents for transaction purposes.

The Head of Public Relations of the Banten Police, Grand Commissioner Shinto Silitonga, said that the land being traded by the suspect was located in Carita Village, Carita District, Pandeglang Regency.

"The Land Mafia Task Force of the Banten Police has succeeded in arresting a land mafia syndicate located in Carita Village, Carita District, Pandeglang Regency with an area of 1.2 hectares of land, with the mode of falsifying the signature as if it belonged to the victim and then transacting with a fake signature on the Deed of Sale (AJB) to buyers," Shinto said in a written statement, Thursday, June 16.

Shinto explained that investigators arrested 2 suspects with different roles, "US (65) the Village Head who had the initial evil intention (mensrea) to transact these lands by falsifying the victim's signature on every AJB document, while SHJ (63) younger brother The victim's brother-in-law who participated in helping transactions with each AJB even though it was known that the victim's signature had been forged in AJB and received IDR 200,000,000 in money for this role," explained Shinto.

Shinto also explained that the illegal sale of plots of land with fake documents occurred around 2012-2021.

"The legal facts say that the suspect is still conducting transactions until 2021, a land area of 1.2 hectares has been transacted for 10 years, because the rightful owner on behalf of Ari Indyastuti left the location in Carita Village since 1999 and settled in Solo, Central Java," Shinto said

Ari Indyastuti reported this incident since January 7, 2022, and investigations and investigations have been carried out comprehensively by examining 54 witnesses from various parties, "In this case, the investigator has examined 54 witnesses and conducted laboratory tests on the validity of the victim's signature on the AJB document until finally, the investigator carried out the arrests of the suspects on March 16, 2022," said Shinto.

The modus operandi of the suspects is to act as if they were the legitimate land owners.

“The suspects get economic benefits from the sale of land parcels illegally. The action was carried out by a land mafia syndicate group with the aim of obtaining an economic profit of IDR 1.2 billion. The perpetrators acted as if they were the rightful owners of the land and then looked for buyers and layered the transaction with documents that seemed legal, assisted by the local village head,” said Shinto.

The Land Mafia Task Force, Shinto continued, confiscated evidence in the form of 44 AJB documents and 1 original power of attorney from Ari Indyastuti to US.

"From the arrest, evidence has been confiscated in the form of 44 AJB documents and 1 original power of attorney, where the signature belongs to the victim, but the contents of the power of attorney have been falsified from the power to manage the garden to the power to sell the land," explained Shinto.

In this case, the suspects will be charged with multi-layered articles, "The suspects are charged with multi-layered articles, namely Article 263 of the Criminal Code regarding document falsification, Article 264 of the Criminal Code concerning Counterfeiting in an authentic deed and Article 266 of the Criminal Code concerning the act of ordering to enter false information into an authentic deed by a cumulative penalty of 7 years in prison,” said Shinto.