JAMBI - The Directorate of General Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimum) of the Jambi Police arrested a fraudster with a fictitious cash friction mode loan from an online shopping store which resulted in losses for dozens of victims reaching Rp4.8 billion.
Director of Criminal Investigation at the Jambi Police, Kombes Manang Soebeti, said that until now, the police had identified more than 30 victims of fraud committed by the perpetrator of the fraud with the initials W (26).
"The total loss reached Rp4.8 billion," Manang said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, February 10.
The number of victims, he said, only came from one group of online conversations. Furthermore, he appealed to other victims who have not reported to immediately go to the Jambi Police so that an examination can be carried out so that the victims' losses can be known.
Manang said the perpetrator admitted that he had committed fraud since September 2024. The police will track down the owner of the online store link that was distributed to the victims.
Pelaku W melakukan penipuan dengan modus memberikan bonus atau cashback kepada korban sebesar 30 persen untuk setiap kali transaksi.
The perpetrator offered a fictitious cash withdrawal service at an online shopping store by sending a shopping link to the victim. Then, the victims were asked to complete the purchase (checkout) of the link.
Manang explained that the perpetrator invited the victim to make a loan on an online shopping application and explained that the loan could be disbursed in the form of cash by purchasing goods in the online shop prenala he sent.
"At that time the suspect explained to the victim that the victim could get a cashback from the total funds that would be disbursed from the online store as much as 30 percent to 40 percent within 14 days," he said.
The perpetrator invites the victim to disburse the loan limit on the online store application. The victims were lured with a bonus of 30 percent to 40 percent of the total loan limit disbursement if the funds were used as bailout funds.
The police get evidence that the suspect offered the bonuses the victim would get from collecting coins on the store application and the results as affiliate through transactions carried out by the suspect on his online store account.
Manang explained from the investigation that the perpetrator used aponzi scheme to carry out the action.
In this case, the suspect was charged with Articles 378 and 379 of the Criminal Code regarding fraud
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