Magelang Police Arrest Man Confessing As A Social Service Employee Committing Workplace Fraud

Magelang Deputy Police Chief, Commissioner of Police Aron Sebastian/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - AM (50), a resident of Bumirejo Village, Magelang Regency, Central Java, was detained by the Magelang Police for a case of fraudulent work land. In order to convince his victims, AM claimed to be an employee of the Social Service (Dinsos) when committing fraud.

Magelang Deputy Chief of Police, Kompol Aron Sebastian, said that the suspect AM was a recidivist who offered a job to the SWI victim (18), a resident of Srumbung. AM then asked for the victim's belongings with the excuse as job security.

Police Commissioner Aron explained, Sunday, January 2 at around 15.30 western Indonesia time, the suspect passed in front of the victim's house and met the victim's father. At that time the suspect claimed to be an employee of the Magelang Regency Social Service and asked if the victim's father had a child who had not worked.

"Then the suspect offered the victim a job as a mask packing worker at home with a salary of Rp350,000 per week," he said.

Because the victim was interested, said Aron, the suspect then asked the victim's father to take the brochure at the Tempel Post Office. When the victim's father left, the suspect asked for a cell phone belonging to the victim on the grounds that it was a condition of guarantee for a telephone number that could be contacted.

The suspect also asked for a gold necklace belonging to the victim on the grounds that it was a guarantee that the victim had never worked abroad. The suspect also asked for a handy talky (HT) belonging to the victim.

"The suspect then ordered the victim to clean the house because at around 18.00 western Indonesia time the masks would come and the suspect left the victim's house," he said.

30 minutes later, the victim's father came from the Tempel Post Office and looked for the suspect's whereabouts because the post office did not find the brochure the suspect was referring to.

"The victim and his mother and father are aware that they have been victims of fraud and have tried to find the suspect but have not been able to find them," he said.

For this incident, continued Aron, the victim suffered a loss of around Rp9 million and reported the incident to the Srumbung Police.

The Magelang Police Satreskrim Resmob Team and the Srumbung Police Criminal Investigation Unit conducted an investigation. As a result, Wednesday, January 12, the suspect was arrested at a hotel in Magelang City. The suspect was secured with evidence of the victim's cell phone, the suspect's cellphone, the victim's father's HT, and the suspect's motorcycle.

The suspect is charged with Article 378 of the Criminal Code with a maximum sentence of 4 years in prison.