Crazy! Money Changer Scams Have Swallowed Many Victims, Losses Almost Reached Rp900 Million

North Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Kombes Wibowo/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The North Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Kombes Wibowo, said that the perpetrator of the fraudulent check fraud with the initials HW had carried out similar actions six times. Finally, HW was caught after defrauding a money changer in the Kelapa Gading area, North Jakarta.

Kombes Wibowo also said that the fraudulent check exchange transaction was carried out by the suspect HW in a number of places, such as the Mangga Besar area, North Jakarta with a loss of 12 thousand USD. Then Money Changer Kasablanka, South Jakarta with a loss of 10 thousand USD.

Then Money Changer Tebet, South Jakarta with a loss of 10 thousand USD, Semarang, Central Java 10 thousand USD, West Jakarta 10 USD and lastly 14 thousand US dollars.

"In total, from these six crime scenes, the perpetrators have committed fraud with a total loss of 52 thousand USD plus 14 Singapore dollars," explained Wibowo to reporters at the North Jakarta Metro Police, Monday, June 13.

"If we exchange the exchange in Rupiah, this is 895 million or almost 900 million rupiah," he continued.