Police Uncover Fraud Case Written By Foreign Minister Retno

The Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - Bareksrim Polri has uncovered a fraud syndicate using the mode of pretending to be a state official. One of the names adopted was Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi.

Brigadier General Slamet Uliandi, Director of the Cyber Crime Crime Directorate, said that in this case his party had named four people as suspects.

They had the initials DA, K, JS, and D, who were prisoners in Class 2 A, Kuningan, West Java.

"This perpetrator created a Whatsapp account on the Whatsapp account with the identity and profile of the Foreign Minister, Ambassador, Consulate General and members of the DPR," Slamet told waratwan, Monday, August 10.

According to him, the perpetrators took the names of the officials to convince the victims. So, the victim believed and agreed to the suspects' request. In fact, they managed to outwit 26 people in 17 countries.

"Their modus operandi is to pretend to buy and sell dates. Being the family of an official who needs money, related to the return and administration funds to Indonesia. The total loss we have collected has so far reached Rp 332 million," said Slamet.

"The operating target countries that have been successful are America, Canada, South Korea, the Netherlands, Russia, Japan, Brunei, Sudan, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Australia, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Belgium and Spain," he continued. .

Of the dozens of victims who were tricked, they are Indonesian citizens (WNI) who live abroad. The suspects can get the identity of the victim by browsing through the internet.

"They get data from the internet and profile people who are on the internet either from Facebook, Instagram or existing platforms. Doing it continuously so that they understand their targets," said Slamet.

Due to the criminal act of fraud, they were accused by Article 45 A paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 48 paragraph 1 and / or Article 51 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 35 Law number 19 of 2016 concerning amendments to Law number 11 of 2008 concerning ITE and Article 3 of Law number 8 of 2010 concerning the Crime of Money Laundering (TPPU) with a maximum imprisonment of 20 years and a maximum fine of Rp. 10 billion