Police Coordinate With Interpol To Search Stocks Of Scamming Victims

Polda Metro Jaya and international criminal police organization (Interpol) coordinate to trace the traces of shares or money invested by victims on a fictitious investment site made by the suspect with the initials YCF and SP.

Director of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Pol. Roberto GM Pasaribu said that the money invested by the victims was still in the form of crypto assets, so it needed cooperation with Interpol to trace the traces of the shares going.

"So, all of the company's (fake investment) accounts, when receiving money from these victims, were immediately transferred to crypto assets and sent to several exchanges abroad. This still requires assistance from related parties, including Interpol," Roberto said, quoting Antara.

The mode of fraud on the network (online scammer) carried out by YCF and SC is by creating a fictitious website that reflects the real-time situation of the stock market to trick victims into investing in the site.

Roberto said the victims could see the ups and downs of stock prices and even the value of bitcoin (for crypto transactions) on the site so that the victim believed more.

"For example, how much is the value of the rupiah or how much is the value of the dollar. That's the same thing that other applications show. Now this is what makes the victims feel confident," said Roberto.

In addition, when entering the fictitious stock site, the victims were also directed through a video conference by someone who seemed to be real, but it turned out to be artificial intelligence.

Reports of incoming victims, including at Polda Metro Jaya, the loss of eight victims reached more than Rp. 18.3 billion.

"Currently there are three police reports identified at Polda Metro Jaya, then there are also three additions from the ranks of the Resort Police. Then there are from the East Java Regional Police and the Yogyakarta Regional Police, one each," said Roberto.

For the actions of the two perpetrators, they were charged with Article 45 A paragraph 1 Jo. Article 28 paragraph 1 of Law Number 1 of 2024 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions.

The suspect was also charged with Article 378 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 3, Article 4, and Article 5 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering (TPPU).