West Sumatra Police Investigate Case Of Bank Nagari Customer Data Theft

Head of Public Relations of the West Sumatra Police, Kombes Satake Bayu. ANTARA/HO Polda West Sumatra

PADANG - The Regional Police (Polda) of West Sumatra is investigating a case of skimming or data theft of Bank Nagari customers using debit or credit cards through automated teller machines (ATMs).

The Head of Public Relations of the West Sumatra Police, Kombes Satake Bayu, said that Bank Nagari had made a report to the Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation at the West Sumatra Police a few days ago.

"We have received the report and we are following up to find the perpetrators and process the law," he said as quoted by Antara, Monday, May 16.

An investigation was carried out by the Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation of the West Sumatra Police on the alleged case of burglary of Bank Nagari customer accounts.

"We have received the materials from them and are carrying out the next process," he said.

Previously, the President Director of Bank Nagari Muhammad Irsyad said the amount of losses suffered by skimming victims reached IDR 1.5 billion.

"Based on the investigation conducted, the total loss of all customers reached IDR 1.5 billion with a total of 141 skimming victims," he said.

Regarding the chronology of the skimming incident, the bank is said to have received a customer report on May 5. The bank immediately followed up by deactivating all customer transactions using magnetic stripe cards on that day.

Chairman of Commission III of the West Sumatra DPRD, Ali Tanjung, said that his party received a report from Bank Nagari that there was a recording of someone doing it. "We ask the police to carry out an investigation according to the rules. If necessary, the report will also go to the National Police Headquarters," he said.

Secretary of Commission III Irwan Afriadi said the report received by Commission III stated that the largest amount of customer money lost due to the skimming practice reached Rp. 60 million and at least Rp. 300 thousand.

"I suspect the act of skimming is an international network. We can say that this is a banking risk using ATMs. This case has also been experienced by other banks in Indonesia," he said.