Tempted By The Doubling Of Money, Prospective Chicken Farmers Tricked Fake Investors From Cameroon Lose Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars

Dollars (Photo: Rizky Sulistio/VOI)

JAKARTA - West Jakarta Metro Police investigators uncovered the Black Dollar (black dollar) fraud or counterfeit money carried out by a Cameroonian citizen with the initials OAT alias T and HH alias EP Indonesian citizen (WNI).

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit for West Jakarta Metro Police, Kompol Joko Dwi Harsono, said the modus operandi of the two suspects was to deceive victims who were in need of additional capital for their chicken farming business.

Victims of fake black dollar investment fraud with the initials SS need around Rp 700 million. Meanwhile, the victim's savings were only around Rp. 400 million.

At first, the victim of SS to add money for business capital, a friend of the victim named Feri offered a dollar investment to the perpetrators of HH alias EP.

So the victim was tempted to invest in black dollars offered by his friend. SS victims and EP perpetrators met at the Yogyakarta hotel.

"There, explained by EP, he has a large capital but from foreigners from abroad, the value is in the billions of rupiah, so you have to make a proposal," Joko said when confirmed by VOI, Saturday, November 6.

Then from the meeting, the victim finally thought about it and did not immediately give his savings. Furthermore, the victim and perpetrator again held a meeting with a Cameroonian foreigner with the initials OAT alias F.

The perpetrators of OAT convince the victim regarding the approval of the investment capital that must be exchanged into ordinary dollars. Then, they held another meeting at the West Jakarta Hotel. That's where the investment fraud transaction took place.

"The suspect gave an example of a dollar bill with liquid, after being given the liquid, it would be attached with a dollar bill so that the picture moved," he said.

At that time, the perpetrator had already received the original dollar in the suitcase from the victim and the perpetrator had prepared counterfeit dollars.

Then the perpetrator told the victim, there was a small ritual to change the color of the black dollar bill, so don't open it before arriving in Yogyakarta.

"The victim brought USD 300 million at the time of the fourth meeting, the perpetrator had booked a room for 4 days from Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday," he said.

The perpetrator said he would return again on Saturday to bring cleaning liquid for black dollar bills. Then the victim and the perpetrator separated the next day and immediately the perpetrator could no longer be contacted.

Finally the victim realized that he felt cheated so he reported this incident.

"The perpetrator was also arrested. From his confession, he has been doing this for almost two years. The perpetrator is charged with Article 378 concerning fraud with a threat of four years in prison.