Former Bank Employees In Denpasar Deceive Hundreds Of Millions, The Money To Pay Debt As Well As Online Gambling

DENPASAR- Former BUMN bank employee I Putu Bagus Indra Mulia Nugraha (30) from South Denpasar, Bali, committed fraud against customers with the lure of interest in the form of interest. The customer's money was embezzled by the perpetrator.

The perpetrator is a former public business credit admin (KUR) whose contract has not been extended at state-owned banks since December 2022. But the perpetrators are still contacting customers to carry out illegal transactions.

Acting Deputy Head of Denpasar Police, AKBP I Made Bayu Sutha, said the modus operandi of the perpetrators offered interest of 10 percent.

"And after the victim handed over the money, the money was used by the perpetrator himself," said AKBP Bayu, at the South Denpasar Police Headquarters, Thursday (18/1).

Long story short, the victim who was interested in handing over Rp206 million. However, after the money was handed over, the perpetrator could not be contacted.

The victim then checked at the suspect's workplace, apparently the perpetrator has not worked since December 2022.

According to the victim's report, the police conducted an investigation. The victim later turned himself in to the South Denpasar Police.

"The person concerned admitted that the money handed over by the victim had been used by the suspect to pay debts and online gambling," he said.

The perpetrator is suspected of Article 378 of the Criminal Code regarding fraud with a maximum penalty of 5 years and Article 372 of the Criminal Code concerning embezzlement with a maximum imprisonment of 5 years.