BENGKULU - Bengkulu City Resort Police, Bengkulu Province, detained two leaders of the CV Lautan Biru Nusantara travel services bureau (LBN), namely a director with the initials FL and assistant director with the initials TL who is a husband and wife on suspicion of fraud.
The detention was carried out after the Bengkulu Police Criminal Investigation Unit received a report from a lecturer at the University of Hazairin (Unihaz) Bengkulu regarding the alleged fraud committed by the two people.
As a result, 91 students and lecturers at the Faculty of Law failed to leave for educational tourism to Yogyakarta and Malang City, East Java.
"We received complaints from Unihaz regarding the alleged fraud committed by CV Lautan Biru Nusantara (LBN)," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Bengkulu Police, Adjunct Commissioner of Police, Sujud Alif Yulam Lam, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, February 18.
He said that the alleged case has now risen to the level of investigation and investigators have examined FL and TL who are husband and wife.
Based on the results of the clarification made, it is known that the alleged perpetrator has handed over or deposited Rp211 million to third parties to take care of the purchase of plane tickets for the departure of Unihaz students and lecturers.
Subjud explained that as many as 91 students and lecturers had paid a total of Rp531 million to travel service agents for plane costs, bus travel costs, and lodging costs.
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"The Rp211 million fee was handed over by CV LBN to third parties to take care of flight costs. That is what we are currently investigating and conducting further inspections," he said.
However, until the day of departure that was determined on Monday (17/2), the plane tickets ordered were not available so that dozens of Unihaz students and lecturers were abandoned at Fatmawati Soekarno Airport, Bengkulu.
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