Promise To Pass Police Academy With IDR 2.1 Billion Deposit, East Java Police Arrest Surabaya Residents

SURABAYA - The Directorate of General Criminal Investigation of the East Java Police uncovered a fraud case for the 2021 Akpol Taruna recruitment selection. The police arrested one suspect with the initials HNA (40), a resident of Surabaya.

"This disclosure follows reports from residents of Surabaya and Jember, who feel cheated by the suspect. This incident itself occurred on October 14, 2021", said Kombes Gatot Repli Handoko, at the East Java Police Headquarters, Surabaya, Friday, October 22.

Gatot said the suspect's modus operandi was promising to the victim, ensuring that he could pass the victim as an Akpol cadet. The suspect confessed to the victim as a special staff at the National Resilience Council.

"Even though he is not a member, but an individual. This suspect also confessed to the victim, and so far only two victims have been followed up, many other victims may have been deceived by the suspect", he said.

Meanwhile, the Deputy Director of the General Criminal Investigation of the East Java Police, AKBP Ronald Purba, said the suspect had committed a criminal act of fraud by claiming to be able to enter the 2021 Akpol Taruna Selection participants by asking for some money.

"However, after the money was handed over, the participant was declared not to have passed, and until now the money has not been returned", he said.

The chronology of this disclosure, that the suspect HNA, told the victim that he could and had often helped to enter the Akpol selection participants. The HNA suspect asked for some money as a condition for entering the selection participants to pass the 2021 Akpol Taruna acceptance.

"This suspect then promised to help enter the victim's child through a special quota line without a test because the HNA suspect claimed to have acquaintances with National Police officials", he said.

After the victim agreed, the HNA suspect asked the victim for money in stages. After the money was handed over, and waiting for some time, it turned out that there was no clarity on the specific quota line. So that the 2021 Akpol admission selection participants still do not enter or fail.

"Then the victim asked for all the money that had been handed over to the HNA suspect to be returned. After that, the HNA suspect gave the Bilyet Giro (Transfer form), but after it was cleared for the Bilyet Giro, it could not even be disbursed because the account was closed", he said.

For this incident, two victims suffered losses of up to IDR 2.1 billion, with details, the victim on behalf of the NHP handed over IDR 1 billion in money, and the victim's initials TC, handed over IDR 1.1 billion.

From this disclosure, the police secured evidence including one cellphone, two participant receipts, several accounts, and proof of transfer, Bilyet Giro No. BM 1543XX dated August 13, 2021, Certificate of Rejection from Bank BRI dated August 18, 2021.

The suspect is subject to Article 378 of the Criminal Code, which carries a maximum prison sentence of four years.