Crazy Rich Soreang Doni Salmanan Charged With Losing Rp24 Billion To Victims More Than Deceit Quotex
BANDUNG - The defendant in the binary options investment fraud case, Doni Salmanan, was charged with causing the victims to suffer a loss of Rp. 24,366,695,782 by the Public Prosecutor from the Bandung District Attorney's Office.
"Due to the false and misleading news from the defendant, people who are interested in becoming consumers use the services of Quotex," said the public prosecutor chaired by Romlah in a trial held at the Bale Bandung District Court, Bandung Regency, West Java, Antara, Thursday. August 4th.
The prosecutor noted that there were 142 people who became victims of the fraudulent investment case using the Quotex application. The 142 victims suffered losses ranging from millions to billions.
The prosecutor explained that the fraud was allegedly carried out by the defendant nicknamed Crazy Rich Soreang by inviting the victims through a number of videos uploaded on a YouTube account under the name King Salmanan.
From the YouTube upload, the prosecutor said Doni included a link so the victims could follow or register to invest in the Quotex application. According to the prosecutor, there are four videos on the account that contain false news to mislead the public.
Prosecutors said Doni's purpose in making the video content was to increase the number of followers on YouTube and to make people feel interested in signing up for Quotex. Because Doni also benefits from everyone who registers and deposits money at Quotex.
After that, according to the Prosecutor, Doni created a group on the Telegram messaging application to gather his followers who had signed up for the Quotex application. Then Doni, said the prosecutor, explained how to invest in the Quotex application.
"After the members' money has been deposited, then the members follow the ways of playing as taught by the defendant in the group, but when trying to play several times all the members still fail and lose so they experience losses," he said.
Meanwhile, Doni was charged with Article 45A paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 28 paragraph (1) of Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions as amended and added to Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning amendments to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions, as first indictment.