Police Arrest Fraudsters Buying And Selling Motorcycles Online In Trenggalek

Fraudsters of online motorcycle buying and selling/Photo: Antara

TRENGGALEK - The Trenggalek Police Criminal Investigation Unit, East Java arrested two men from Sidrap, South Sulawesi who were suspected of committing fraud under the guise of online trading.

Trenggalek Police Chief, Grand Commissioner Adjutant of Police Dwiasi Wiyatputera revealed that the perpetrator deceived the victim with the initials SA from Pule, Trenggalek by displaying "mini trail" motorbikes on online buying and selling sites at low prices or below the (general) market price.

"We arrested the perpetrators with the initials SR and SF in collaboration with the Ditresmob Ditrekrimkum of the South Sulawesi Police on February 25 at their workplace in the Tetena District, Sidrap Regency," he said in Trenggalek, Thursday, March 10.

Once arrested, the two perpetrators were taken to their respective homes to be searched.

As a result, several pieces of evidence were found, such as a portable computer, two smartphones for committing fraud, as well as pictures of a "mini trail" to deceive the victim SA from Pule, Trenggalek.

"As a result of the investigation, the perpetrator admitted that he had cheated the SA victim with the online 'trail' trading mode," he said, as quoted by Antara.

He explained that the scam started when SA was looking for a "mini trail" motorbike on an online trading site.

He looked for the used motorbike through a buying and selling site on Facebook.

In the upload, the used motorbike is said to be in Malang and sold cheaply for IDR 2.5 million.

The victim became more convinced after seeing the video of the motorbike sent by the perpetrator.

"Because the price is cheap, I am also interested in buying it," said SA who was also present at the press release at the Trenggalek Police.

Negotiations then took place. The SA agreed on the price of the motorbike offered by the perpetrator, and transferred the money according to the purchase price to the perpetrator.

To convince the victim, the perpetrator also had time to include a video proof of delivery via a cargo after SA sent the purchase money.

The victim became more convinced after the perpetrator sent the identity of the owner of the motorized vehicle.

"However, after that I got a message from the perpetrator who claimed to be from the cargo side asking for IDR 2.1 million as insurance money. For the same reason, the perpetrator asked for another IDR 4.2 million, and I began to suspect," he said.

The suspicion grew even more after SA sent another IDR 2.1 million in money, but the promised motorbike was never delivered.

The total amount of money that has been transferred by SA to the suspect SR is IDR 10.5 million.

The handling of the fraud case was then handed over to the Trenggalek Police.