Dozens Of Makassar Residents Lose IDR 10 Billion Fooled By Stupid Investments

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MAKASSAR - Dozens of residents of Makassar, South Sulawesi (South Sulawesi) were deceived by a fraudulent investment called Digital Mining with a total loss of more than Rp. 10 billion.

"There are 19 people who have been deceived by this fraudulent investment. Our client has also reported the alleged fraud to the South Sulawesi Regional Police, but no legal action has been taken," said the victim's legal adviser, Budiman, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, January 4.

He said his client was tricked by three people who lured big profits into investing in the Digital Mine. However, recently lost billions of rupiah.

At that time, the client was invited to buy an account and prepared a laptop to monitor the movement of investments with an initial capital of IDR 800 million, and could earn a profit of IDR 40 million to IDR 100 million per month.

One of his clients named Jimmy Chandra has been deceived up to Rp. 5.6 billion.

Although the three suspects have now been named as suspects, respectively Siti Saleha (32), Hamsul (39), and Sulfikar (39), they are currently on the People's Wanted List or DPO. The perpetrators began carrying out their actions since April 2020.

Budiman said that out of a total of 19 people who had been deceived by the fraudulent investment, three of them were clients with a loss of Rp. 5.6 billion from the total accumulated losses of more than Rp. 10 billion.

"We hope that the police will immediately arrest the perpetrators, especially if they are already suspects. Why is that, the perpetrators are still on the loose, launching their actions again with the same modus operandi but under another investment name," he said.

Budiman also questioned the performance of the police regarding the principle of justice for his clients, because since the suspect was named, none of the perpetrators had been arrested even though it was clear that a fraud case had harmed his client.

"We only ask for justice as fair as possible. Our client suffered a huge loss, but no action was taken and the perpetrators were free to roam around looking for new prey," he said.

Confirmed separately, the Head of Public Relations of the South Sulawesi Police, Kombes Komang Suartana, said that he did not know the exact details of the alleged fraud against several victims, including the extent of the handling of the case.

"Not yet, the members are just looking for the data. Later, if the information is received, it will be conveyed," said the new official from the Head of Public Relations of the South Sulawesi Police.