East Java Police Force Arrested Land Mafia From Surabaya With IDR 43.7 Billion

SURABAYA - The Directorate of General Crime (Ditreskrimum) Polda East Java arrested AW (41), a resident of Jalan Ahmad Yani, Siwalankerto, Wonocolo District, Surabaya. The suspect falsified the certificate in the authentic deed, aka embezzlement of land ownership certificates (SHM).

"This forgery incident occurred from 2017 to 2019 which occurred in Sidoarjo Regency, with casualties reaching IDR 42.7 billion," said Head of Public Relations of the East Java Regional Police, Kombes Gatot Repli Handoko, in Surabaya, Monday, January 25, 2021.

Gatot explained that the suspect AW had committed a land crime, a criminal act of forgery, and or provided false deeds and embezzlement of three SHM belonging to ER and MR. This fraud incident occurred in Tambakoso Village, Sidoarjo Regency.

After the suspect held three SHM belonging to the victims, the suspect pawned the three SHMs to another party with a value of Rp.43.7 billion.

"This is what the suspect embezzled. The money from the fraud was used to buy cars and land that the police had secured," he said.

From the suspect's arrest, the police managed to secure evidence in the form of five bank checks valued at IDR 225 billion, IDR 1.5 billion in cash, and three four-wheeled vehicles and several two-wheelers.

"To convince the victim, the suspect gave a check with a value of Rp. 225 billion to the victim. The suspect also showed the victim Rp. 6 billion in counterfeit money in the wardrobe," he said.

The suspect charged with Article 372 KUHP, 378 KUHP and Article 3 Article 4 Article 5 Law Number 8 Year 2010 concerning ML. The police are still developing cases currently being handled by the East Java Regional Police's Ditreskrimum.