Women Victims Of Arisan Report To The Banyuwangi Police, Some Lose Hundreds Of Millions

Reporters of fraudulent investment at Mapolresta Banyuwang East Java/IST

BANYUWANGI - Several women victims of fraudulent investments reported to the Banyuwangi Police Headquarters. They reported the woman with the initials AS, the investment owner, who was later discovered to be a liar.

The US was reported on suspicion of embezzling investment members' money, causing losses of up to IDR 10 billion.

"We came to the police headquarters to make a report on the alleged fraud in investment under the guise of social gathering (Arisan)", said one of the reporters with the initials DLD, Tuesday, December 14.

He admitted that he had joined the social gathering in June 2021. He was interested because the owner promised a tempting multiple of money. With a value of 30-40 percent of the principal capital.

At first, everything went smoothly, but as of November 7th, problems started to appear. The reported party with the initials AS is said to have run away and did not fulfill the obligations as agreed in the social gathering.

"Initially it was safe, on November 7, he ran away, all his social media were dead and could not be contacted, even the money for the Arisan members was not handed over", said DLD.

As a result of the incident, the total loss of the members reached IDR 10 billion. Because the members numbered 90 people and not only from Banyuwangi but across districts to provinces.

"There are members from Surabaya, Bali, Jember, a total of 90 people. The total loss reaches IDR 10 billion. Personally, the loss reaches IDR 288 million", he said.

DLD hopes that the reported party is responsible and refunds the members' money.

"Actually, we had no intention of reporting it, because the owner had no good intentions and instead ran away. Finally, we reported it to the police. We hope that the owner is brought to justice and our money-back", he said.