JAKARTA - Police arrested an Indonesian maid (ART) with the initials RG (34) for allegedly stealing gold and cash belonging to her employer gradually to reach hundreds of millions, in Makassar, South Sulawesi.
"This perpetrator is a domestic helper who took his employer's gold jewelry and cash. The total amount of jewelry taken from the victim's statement was around Rp. 700 million," said Head of the Jatanras Unit of the Makassar Police Criminal Investigation Unit, AKP Hamka in Makassar, Friday, May 1, reported by ANTARA.
It was explained that the female ART was arrested in the Gowa Regency area, South Sulawesi without resistance.
The perpetrator's actions were carried out gradually by taking gold jewelry little by little and cash from 2024 to 2025.
This case was revealed after his employer realized that his jewelry was slowly missing in his safe.
Furthermore, checking and inventorying the valuables, it turned out that many had disappeared.
The perpetrator allegedly knew the safe code and took gold and money repeatedly without the owner of the house suspecting it. Later, the victim only found out that the valuables were missing in March 2026.
The victim then reported the theft to the Makassar Police Office because he had not appeared for several days.
From the results of the examination, RG admitted that he had sold all the gold he had stolen. The money was used to buy various personal needs, ranging from paying the down payment for a car to repairing vehicles.
"If the confession is to pay the DP (down payment) for a car, buy a house and repair a vehicle. The evidence that has been secured is only one motorcycle unit. We continue to investigate and develop this case," he said.
Regarding the down payment to buy a car or buy a house from the perpetrators' criminal proceeds, he added, the investigation team is tracing the whereabouts of these assets and other assets from the perpetrators' theft.
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