Desperate To Sell Daihatsu Sigra Owned By Rental For Rp. 30 Million, Man In Cikande Serang Was Arrested, The Buyer Is Being Sought By The Police

The US suspect is being investigated by Serang City Police investigators for selling a rental car belonging to the rental Daihatsu Sigra/ Photo: Doc. Banten Police

SERANG - Serang Police Polda Banten arrested a man with the initials US (38) for the embezzlement and fraud case of a Daihatsu Sigra car belonging to a rental service in Cikande, Serang Regency, Banten. US admitted that he had sold the car for Rp. 30 million by someone who is now being chased by police officers.

US was arrested by the Crime Investigation Unit of the Serang Police on Jalan Raya Mandalawangi-Ciomas, Mandalawangi District, after the victim reported it to the Serang Police.

Serang Police Chief AKBP Yudha Satria said his party conducted an investigation after the victim reported it. Yudha explained, the victim admitted that one of his cars had not returned even though the rental period had expired.

"Initially the incident was when the victim posted his car rental service on social media, then the US suspect was interested in renting the victim's car. Then, on Friday (March 9) at around half past ten at night, inside the victim's house, precisely in Cikande Village, Cikande District, Cikande Regency. Attack, the suspect made a transaction with the victim," said Yudha, in a written statement received on Sunday, March 27.

Yudha continued, the suspect was initially going to rent the car for a period of three days with the excuse of wanting to visit his sick brother. However, until the specified time, the suspect has not returned the car he rented. The victim then reported the incident to the Serang Police. For this incident, the victim suffered a loss of Rp. 146,300,000 (market price)," said Yudha.

"Based on the report, the Serang Police Satreskrim team conducted an investigation and armed with information also from the results of field investigations, the Serang Police Resmob Team managed to arrest the US suspect on the Mandalawangi-Ciomas Highway, Mandalawangi on Thursday, March 24 at around half past six in the afternoon," he explained. .

From the results of the examination, continued Yudha, the suspect explained that the Daihatsu Sigra car that was rented had been sold to JL (initials) for Rp. 30 million.

The suspect when arrested did not fight back.

"For his actions, the suspect will be subject to Article 378 Jo 372 of the Criminal Code concerning fraud and embezzlement with a maximum imprisonment of five years," concluded Yudha.