Spouse Suspects Of Fraud Investment In Central Kalimantan Threatened With 10 Years In Prison

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PALANGKA RAYA - Investigators from the Special Criminal Investigation Directorate of the Central Kalimantan Police have named a husband and wife pair named PJN (60) and BC (42) as suspects in a fraudulent investment case that carries a 10-year prison sentence.

The Director of Criminal Investigation at the Central Kalimantan Police, Kombes Bonny Djianto, said that in this case, investigators applied Article 105 related to committing fraud by implementing a pyramid scheme system in distributing goods.

"Then Article 106 regarding conducting trading business activities without a license in the trade sector, Law Number 7 of 2014 concerning trade and/or criminal acts of fraud as referred to in Article 378 of the Criminal Code, the threat of imprisonment is 10 years and a fine of Rp. 10 billion," said Bonny. Between, Thursday, April 7th.

The modus operandi of the couple, who got married in 2018, uses three platforms that have absolutely no permission. The platforms are Treat Doge Profit (TDP), then Quantum and Crito Vibe. Of the three platforms, the victims who participated in this fraudulent investment reached 293 people with a total loss of IDR 25-30 billion.

"Of the 293 people, 95 of them have reported the case to the Central Kalimantan Police," said Bonny.

The Dirkrimsus Polda Central Kalimantan suspected that the money included in the fraudulent investment of a couple who were registered as residents of Jalan Mercurius Timur, Tangerang, Banten, reached Rp. 125 billion. Because, until now there are still many victims who have not reported the fraudulent investment.

He said, for a way to seduce the members, this couple promises quite a lucrative profit. For example, on the TDP platform, the profit is 20 percent, quantum or by purchasing RVD coins the profit is 1.1 percent, and cryptovibe or token purchases are promised a pre-sale reward of 25 to 100 percent.

"However, after the victims joined the investment and it had been running for several months, after that it was jammed," said Bonny.

Investigators also confiscated several assets belonging to the suspect, such as a red Honda Brio car, a motorcycle, a laptop, a cellphone, an ATM and a print out of a checking account, two SHM land and a house in Palangka Raya City as well as two land SKTs which were also is in the local town.

"Investigators plan to track down the suspect's assets for confiscation and apply the money laundering law (TPPU) to the fraudulent investment case," he said.

Based on observations, the suspect was also presented at a press conference by investigators. From the initial press release until the person concerned was brought back to the local Police Headquarters Detention Center, both of them could only bow their heads and regret their actions.