BANDARLAMPUNG - Lampung Regional Police (Polda) arrested four extortionists who carried out their actions by abusing information and electronic transactions (ITE).
"The four perpetrators were arrested for criminal cases of information and electronic transactions (ITE)," said Director of Special Criminal Investigation at the Lampung Police, Kombes Derry Agung Wijaya as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, April 30.
He said the perpetrators of misuse of information and electronic transactions acted by claiming to be members of the police in Lampung, and uploading them to social media.
"Thus, the perpetrators can easily get acquainted with their victims by exchanging WhatsApp numbers after getting them from social media," he said.
P para pelaku setelah mendapatkan nomor korbannya, langsung melakukan komunikasi secara terus, hingga targetnya terpercepat hingga mengikuti apa yang di mau para tersangka.
"After deceiving the victim, these perpetrators blackmailed and threatened him to spread indecent photos on social media," he said.
Derry also said that because the victim was afraid, the perpetrator also asked the victim for some money, which was carried out continuously, so that the indecent photo would not be distributed.
"This is the material of the perpetrator to blackmail the victim, so that this crime leads to threats and extortion, to get something using social media," he said.
The role of the four perpetrators, namely A, admitted to being a police officer on social media to trick the victim into getting a WhatsApp number. Then perpetrator E played a role in editing all the photos and videos given by the victim.
"Then the perpetrator MA as a courier to take the money transferred by the perpetrator using a different bank randomly. Then the woman with the initials F who is the wife of the inmate, acts to accommodate the proceeds of the crime," he said.
He also revealed that from the examination, these perpetrators had never met the victim, so in their action, they took advantage of the photo previously sent by the victim.
"The photo was sent because of the request of one of the perpetrators who claimed to be a police officer. From this confession, the perpetrators had only been carried out twice and had received approximately Rp150 million in cash. However, for the exact number of victims and others, it is currently still under investigation," he said.
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