138 Victims Of Catut Basko City Mall Padang Fraud Report Police, Perpetrators Have Not Been Arrested

Padang City Police, West Sumatra (West Sumatra) accommodated 138 victims in the alleged job vacancy fraud case that took the name of the shop center Basko City Mall Padang.

"From Monday to today, the number of victims that we have collected is one hundred and thirty-eight people for investigation," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Padang Police, AKP M Yasin, as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, June 17.

He said of the 138 victims, 20 of them had been examined and information was taken by the Padang Police Satreskrim Tipidum Unit, then stated in the Investigation Report (BAP).

"We have examined twenty people since Monday night at the Padang Police, while the rest will follow in a marathon," he explained.

However, Yasin continued, the number of 138 people was still relatively small when compared to the number of victims reported through various social media accounts.

Because based on information that has been widely circulated since Monday (16/6) in the early hours of the morning in cyberspace, the number of victims is said to be 800 people.

The police appealed to other victims to come to the Padang Police to report, so that the investigation into the fraud case could be complete and comprehensive.

Yasin revealed that of the 138 victims who had been collected, including 20 who had been taken information, the police had pocketed a number of names suspected of being the perpetrators.

"We have obtained several names that initiated this false job vacancy info, the names have begun to be narrowed," he said.

The police will continue to investigate 138 victims who have been recorded, while waiting for other victims to come to report.

The evidence pocketed by the Police until now includes proof of transfer, proof of WhatsApp conversations, attendance lists, identification cards (ID Cards), ATM cards, and others.

To the poolition, the victim admitted that he was deceived when he received word of mouth information that someone could pass work at the Grand City Mall Basko without a selection process.

On average, the victims who were young people and job applicants were asked for money, whose nominal value varied, the tempted victims finally handed over money to the perpetrators.

The police said the ongoing investigation was aimed at articles 372 and 378 of the Criminal Code regarding fraud.

Because in fact, the victims who had already handed over some money to the perpetrators were not accepted to work as promised.