Immigration Investigates Fake KTP Obtained by Chinese Foreigners, Love Fraud Perpetrators

JAKARTA - Head of the Sub Directorate of Supervision of the Directorate General of Immigration of the Ministry of Immigration and Correction, Arief Eka Riyanto, said his party traced the ownership of the identity of Indonesian citizens in the form of suspected fake ID cards owned by two Chinese foreign nationals who were perpetrators of love scamming in Tangerang.

"We are coordinating with the Disdukcapil regarding the findings of the KTP, KK and birth certificates. We have written to ask for an answer whether this is original or fake," said Arief at a press conference at the Directorate General of Immigration Building, Kuningan, South Jakarta, Monday, quoted by Antara.

Arief said the two Chinese foreigners had fake Indonesian identities to deceive officers because their status had been declared overstaying for several years.

Arief explained that the discovery of Chinese foreigners with false identities occurred when his ranks arrested 27 Chinese foreigners during raids in several elite residential areas in Tangerang, Banten, which were the locations for carrying out fraud on Thursday (8/1), Saturday (10/1), and Friday (16/1).

From the dozens of Chinese foreign nationals who were arrested at three different times, officers found a foreign citizen with the initials XG with a KTP, diploma and birth certificate in the name of SH.

In addition, there is a foreigner in the name of ZJ who has a KTP, diploma and birth certificate in the name of Ferdiansyah.

After being investigated, XG turned out to have overstayed since 2020, while ZJ had been declared overstayed since 2018.

With this finding, Arief ensures that he will continue to trace the origin of the emergence of the false identity in order to prevent other foreigners from using the same modus operandi to stay illegally in Indonesia.

Chronology

Previously, Acting Director General of Immigration Yuldi Yusman explained that the Chinese foreign nationals were carrying out a love scamming fraud scheme with the majority of victims being South Korean foreign nationals living outside Indonesia.

The perpetrators, said Yuldi, contacted the victim through the Telegram application to start building communication with the victim. After the communication was established, the perpetrators then contacted the victim via video call with the intention of wanting to show body parts or video call sex (VCS).

While the VCS was taking place, the perpetrator immediately recorded the victim. The video was then used as a tool to blackmail the victim into handing over a certain amount of money to the perpetrators.

"Currently, our team has secured the perpetrators and evidence in the form of hundreds of mobile phones, dozens of laptops, and PCs and monitors. Then the Wi-Fi network, and network installations to help the perpetrators carry out their actions," said Yuldi.

Yuldi continued that there is no evidence of Indonesian citizens being victims. However, his party still takes action because the foreigners have violated the residence permit provisions and violated immigration regulations.

Yuldi said that until now the foreigners were being detained and intensively examined. They are threatened with severe sanctions related to violations of residence permits and indications of cybercrime.

Yuldi also ensured that officers were still continuing to pursue other members of the network who were suspected of still hiding in Indonesia.