North Maluku Police Arrest 2 Perpetrators Of Profiting The Haltim Police Chief Borrowing Money

The Directorate of General Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimum) of the North Maluku Police (Malut) arrested two perpetrators of fraud from Jakarta with the initials JKD (37 years) and H (28) who used the names of the East Halmahera Police Chief (Haltim) to ask for money.

Deputy Director of Crime at the North Maluku Police, AKBP Anjas Gautama Putra, S.Ik in Ternate, Saturday, said that the two perpetrators pretended to be Haltim Police Officers, namely the Police Chief and Head of Criminal Investigation Unit, then contacted the victim via cellphone to borrow money.

The fraud incident occurred on Thursday (26/8/2023), in which case, the perpetrator contacted the victim of a businessman from Halmahera TIMur with the initials JW by calling the victim on behalf of a Police official at the East Halmahera Police.

"In the conversation, the perpetrator seemed to be the Head of the Haltim Police and the Head of the East Halam Criminal Investigation Unit to ask the victim for money loan assistance amounting to Rp200 million," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, December 30.

According to Anjas, the victim was then directed to transfer the Rp200 million to the accounts that had been directed by the perpetrators.

After feeling cheated, the victim reported to the Polres and investigators of Res Haltim and investigators from the North Maluku Police Ditreskrimum who were backed up by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police to carry out a series of investigations and investigations in the Jakarta Region.

The role of the two suspects was as a team that withdrew the proceeds of the crime, then the money was sent back to the accounts of the other perpetrators who are currently still in the process of being chased in other parts of Indonesia.

"Meanwhile, the caller (initial M) who is also one of the leaders of this group is still in the search process with the status of having been included in the DPO," he explained.

Finally, the two perpetrators were arrested based on the police report LP/B/51/VII/2023/East Halmahera Police/Maluku Police, dated August 28, 2023.

"The joint team managed to arrest the two perpetrators who are members of the Online Fraud Syndicate on behalf of the Officials, the Perpetrator admitted that he had carried out the action with the fraud mode hundreds of times throughout Indonesia since 2019," he said.

For their actions, the two perpetrators were charged with Article 378 of the Criminal Code with the threat of imprisonment for 20 years.

"And Article 3 and/or Article 4 and/or Article 5 of Law number 8 of 2010 concerning the prevention and eradication of the crime of money laundering article 3, everyone who places, transfers, transfers, spends, pays, entrusts, entrusts, changes shape, exchanges for currency or securities or is threatened with a maximum sentence of 20 years and a maximum fine of Rp. 10 billion.