After Getting Out Of Prison, These Two Recidivists Reunite To Commit Fraud

Three suspects of fraud/ Photo: Rizky SUlistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - The Central Jakarta Metro Police's Criminal Investigation Unit (Satreskrim) has arrested three gangs of fraudsters using the automated teller machine (ATM) card exchange mode. The three suspects were arrested in several different locations.

Upon examination, it turned out that the perpetrators were recidivists of the same fraud case, who had also been released from prison for a few months.

It is known that during the action one of the suspects with the initials AS admitted to being a businessman from Brunei Darussalam. While the other two suspects with the initials ALB and HA acted as recipients of the transfer of money from the crime.

"Currently, we have made the three suspects. The two main perpetrators, one is the recipient of the proceeds of crime," said Central Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Komarudin accompanied by Head of Criminal Investigation Unit Kompol Gunarto to reporters, Friday, August 5.

The arrest of the ATM card exchange fraud syndicate was successfully dismantled after the victim made a police report at the Central Jakarta Metro Police.

The US suspect, claiming to be a citizen (WN) of Brunei Darussalam, asked the victim to buy cellphones in large quantities at the largest electronic sales center in the Gambir area, Central Jakarta.

"The suspect AS claimed to be a Bruneian who came to Jakarta to ask to be shown to the largest mobile phone sales place. Then the victim was tricked by exchanging the victim's ATM card and draining the victim's ATM of up to Rp125 million," said Kombes Komarudin.

The suspects AS and ALB were arrested by the Central Jakarta Metro Police Resmob Unit in the Tangerang area. Meanwhile, the suspect with the initials HA was arrested in the Lampung area.

From their criminal record, ILB and AS suspects are recidivist of the same case (fraud).

"The US suspect just got out of prison 3 months ago and ILB just got out of prison 1 year ago," he said.

The police also confiscated three cars belonging to the suspects suspected of being the proceeds of the crime. One car was used by the perpetrator in a fraudulent act to convince the victim.

"Meanwhile, two other cars were confiscated from Lampung, suspected to be the result of a crime committed by the suspect," he said.

For their actions, the three suspects were threatened with Article 378 of the Criminal Code.