Central Java Police arrested four members of a gang of extortionists by claiming to be journalists acting across provinces.
Director of the General Criminal Investigation of the Central Java Police, Kombes Dwi Subagio, said that the extortionists were acting in various provinces on the island of Java by claiming to be journalists to threaten their victims.
"It has been in action since 2020 in various big cities on the island of Java," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, May 16.
The extortionist with the mode of admitting that the journalist stalked his victim and was then asked for some money if he did not want to be reported in his mass media.
He said the four perpetrators were arrested based on reports from victims of extortion. The gang was arrested at a rest area on the Boyolali Toll Road a few days ago.
"The group consists of seven people, four perpetrators who have been arrested," said Subagio.
The four extortionists who have been arrested are HMG (33), AMS (26), KS (25), and IH (30), all of whom are from Bekasi, West Java.
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Currently, the police are still investigating the existence of the extortion network consisting of up to 175 people.
"From the examination of the perpetrator's cell phone, it is known that there is a large network with a similar mode," said Dwi Subagio.
For their actions, the perpetrators were charged with Article 368 of the Criminal Code (KUHP) regarding extortion.
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