Riau Police Reveals Cases Of Fraud Of Rp3.7 Billion In Basic Food Items

JAKARTA - The Riau Police revealed that FT was suspected of committing fraud and embezzlement of Rp3.7 billion in basic necessities belonging to victim Sumarni (Mimi), the owner of UD Jaya Mandiri on Jalan Dharma Bakti, Labuh Baru Barat Village, Payung Sekaki District, Pekanbaru City. "Since May 2021 the victim was deceived by FT, his own subordinates who were suspected of collaborating with other groups. And the alleged perpetrator was charged with Article 374 or 378 of the Criminal Code concerning fraud accompanied by embezzlement," said Head of Public Relations of the Riau Police Kombes Pol Sunarto in his statement in Pekanbaru, Thursday. Sunarto revealed Mimi only discovered this fraudulent crime, on August 19, 2021 when the UD Jaya Mandiri driver informed the victim about his suspicions about their sales, namely FT made a fictitious order. Jo, who claimed to be from Siak Regency. After the basic food items were loaded, FT ordered the driver to pick up the goods take the groceries to HD's warehouse. Ordering continued on August 24, 2021, and FT again ordered groceries from the UD Jaya Mandiri warehouse, also at Jo's request in Siak. Then, the FT ordered the driver to deliver the groceries to the HD warehouse again." Feeling suspicious, the victim's husband, P Manurung, and his brother, A Manurung, followed the truck to the HD warehouse. As it turned out, the warehouse was not in Siak Regency but on Jalan Riau. There, they saw a number of people unloading or moving basic food items from three pick-up cars belonging to victim Sumarni into HD's warehouse," he said as quoted by Antara, Thursday, September 9.

The victim's husband also ordered the warehouse workers to return the goods that had been put in the warehouse into the car and bring the goods back to the UD Jaya Mandiri warehouse. owned by UD Jaya Mandiri to HD below the cost of capital, and ordered UD Jaya Mandiri's driver to deliver basic necessities to HD's warehouse, according to 46 sales invoices. The next 76 sales invoices were carried out from May-24 August 2021 by making fictitious orders. "The alleged FT perpetrator made fake sales invoices so that the owner of UD Jaya Mandiri did not know that the basic food items were sold to HD at low prices. Furthermore, the FT did not even hand over the payment. basic food items according to 46 sales invoices worth Rp. 3.4 billion to the owner of UD Jaya Mandiri. However, the FT instead ordered HD to send the money for the payment of the basic necessities to his parents' account, with the initials NS, "he said. the food items for personal and family needs. First, for 46 purchase invoices, HD has sent money in stages to NS's account, namely FT's parents, amounting to more than Rp1.4 billion during June 1 to August 1, 2021. However, FT did not hand over the money to the victim to pay for basic necessities according to 76 sales invoices. "The evidence that we have secured includes a BRI bank statement in the name of NS, FT's mother, 76 sales invoices, one unit of VIVO brand cellphone, 2 OPPO brand cellphones, 2 gold rings and a gold bracelet," said Sunarto.