Police Arrest Gang Of Perpetrators Jamming ATM Machines With Toothpicks In Jepara

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JEPARA - The Jepara Police Team, Central Java, arrested three perpetrators of breaking into and blocking automatic teller machines (ATMs) with cross-provincial toothpicks after committing a crime in Tahunan District, Jepara.

Jepara Police Chief AKBP Warsono said three of the four perpetrators arrested, namely Emi (40) from Tangerang, Banten, Juni (42) from Pesawaran, Lampung, and Fauzan (39) from Tanggamus, Lampung. Meanwhile, YD (39) is still being chased by officers and has been designated as a wanted list (DPO).

The disclosure of the theft case with weighting, he said, began when he received a report from the victim named Saekul (37) from Ngaluran, Karanganyar District, Demak Regency, on December 19, 2021. At that time the victim made a withdrawal of money through an Mandiri ATM machine at the Ngabul gas station, District Annual, Japan.

"However, the victim's ATM card was difficult to enter the ATM machine. Then the suspect Emi came who tried to help the victim by inserting the suspect's ATM into the ATM machine and it worked. Then he took it out again and told the victim that there was no problem," he said, quoted by Antara, Thursday. , January 27.

The suspect then asked the victim to try again with an ATM card that had been exchanged for the suspect's. Then the suspect asked the victim to enter the pin number and at the same time the suspect Juni and Fauzan peeked at the pin number entered by the victim," he said.

The perpetrators then left, while the victim the next day was surprised because when he checked his balance with Bank Mandiri Welahan, it turned out that his ATM card was different and the balance in the victim's savings account was reduced by Rp. 35 million.

The gang of customer account burglars who carried out their actions in 11 places since November 2021 was finally arrested by the Resmob Team in Pangandaran Regency, West Java. The evidence was secured by a cutter knife, toothpick, cellular phone, ATM cards from seven banks, Rp 5.45 million in cash, and one Datsun car.

Of the 11 crime scenes (TKP), there are four TKP in Banten, four in West Java Province, and three in Central Java Province. Meanwhile, the target of ATM crime is at gas stations and in shopping centers such as Alfamart or Indomaret. Meanwhile, the money from the crime was used by the suspects to play online gambling and fulfill personal needs.

The perpetrators are threatened with Article 363 of the Criminal Code with a maximum prison sentence of 9 years.