Bali Police Reveals Syndicate Of Private Data Thieves Controlled From Cambodia

The Bali Regional Police's Cyber Investigation Directorate (Ditressiber) revealed a syndicate of personal data thefts operating in Denpasar and controlled from Cambodia.

"They collected public personal data in the form of ID cards, family cards and bank accounts, then sold to a person with the initials M who is suspected of being abroad, in Cambodia," said Director of the Bali Police Cyber Investigation Kombes Ranefli Dian Candra, Wednesday, July 9.

Ranefli explained that six suspects who have now been detained by the Bali Police, namely CP, SP, RH, NZ, FO and PF, carried out their actions from a house located at the Dukuh Sari Road Boundary, Cenderawasih Alley Number 12, South Denpasar.

The actions of the suspects were revealed after being reported by several victims who claimed to have been visited by the bank who saw suspicious transactions in their accounts.

After being investigated by Bali Police investigators, it was found that information from the perpetrators collected personal data in the form of ID cards, family cards and bank accounts in a house in Denpasar.

The officers received information that the perpetrators invited people to create bank accounts. Every victim who manages to open a new account, the perpetrator pays a price of around Rp. 300 thousand Rp. 500 thousand.

The perpetrators deceived the victims that the accounts they opened were used by big entrepreneurs, but in reality they were used as shelters and online gambling transactions.

According to Ranefli's statement, the perpetrators were led by a suspect named CP. Suspect CP then recruited other employees as marketing to offer to the wider community for the opening of a new Bank account.

In addition to account data, the perpetrator also stored KK data and the ID cards of the victims and then handed them over to the SP suspect.

The data will be sent to someone with the initials M who is suspected of being in Cambodia who is now a fugitive from the police.

Ranefli said the syndicate of private data thieves had been operating since September 2024.

They target victims who are economically underprivileged.

From 2024 to the present, the perpetrators have collected hundreds of customer account data and personal data.

"The suspects explained that the accounts will be used for stock exchanges, including gambling online fund holdings and annual tax bases (SPT)," said Ranefli.

The perpetrators themselves get a wage of Rp. 500-Rp. 1 million per account.

The evidence confiscated by the police were 90 units of mobile phones of various brands (among them 15 cellphones were registered with mobile banking), 16 ATMs and 2 savings books from various banks, as well as 5 books containing notes from orders from customers.

The suspects were charged with Article 65 paragraph (1), Article 67 paragraph (1) of Law Number 27 of 2022 concerning Personal Data Protection.

Ranefli appealed to the public to seriously maintain the confidentiality of personal data so as not to be misused by others.