Pretending To Be A Priest Who Wants To Donate To The Church, This Gang Commits Fraud Of Up To IDR 38 Million

JAKARTA - The Criminal Investigation Unit of the Magelang City Police has succeeded in uncovering cases of fraud and/or embezzlement in the Magelang City area that cost tens of millions of victims, Thursday, October 7.

Launching humas.polri.go.id, Deputy Chief of the Magelang City Police, Kompol Supriyadi, while chairing a press conference at the Magelang City Police Headquarters, said that during the arrest, the Criminal Investigation Unit managed to secure four suspects and evidence in the form of cash belonging to the victim.

The mode of the four suspects pretending to be a priest who will donate to the Church by asking the victim to help transfer money with the lure that they will be rewarded so that the victim is deceived", said Supriyadi, Tuesday, October 12.

Supriyadi added that after being deceived, the victim gave the suspect an ATM along with his PIN. After the transaction, the victim's ATM card is exchanged with an invalid ATM card.

"The victim suffered a loss in the form of cash as much as IDR 38,606,852", added Kompol Supriyadi.

"For their actions, the four suspects were charged with Article 378 of the Criminal Code and or Article 372 of the Criminal Code with the threat of imprisonment for four years", concluded Kompol Supriyadi.