With IDR 1.5 Million To Buy Police Attributes, Man In North Jakarta Successfully Tricked Victim To Hundreds Of Millions

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JAKARTA - The fake police officer with the initials I who commits fraud as if selling a car is inspired by the profession of patrol officers and ministry escorts (patwal) at the Indonesian Parliament building.

"When I was a driver in the DPR, I used to know a Patwal police," suspect I told reporters in North Jakarta, Monday, August 15.

It was not enough just to know, suspect I also tried to imitate the appearance of the policeman. He bought the things he needed to have a look like a ministry guard patrol officer, from helmets, traffic police uniforms, green jackets, daily service clothes (pdh) shoes to guns for decoration in his pockets that resembled the original.

I spent millions of rupiah to imitate the appearance of the police. The green patwal jacket was purchased for IDR 800 thousand. Police helmets, uniforms, and even shoes can cost millions of rupiah. Moreover, the gun, where the 'air softgun' type weapon was also specially ordered, but the price was not disclosed.

According to I, he never aspired to be a police officer before.

"Just thinking," he said.

Even so, I was very total and generous in meeting expectations regarding the items needed to imitate the appearance of the patrol police.

To meet this expectation, I admitted that he spent personal money of IDR 1.5 million, excluding the price of buying an imitation weapon (air soft gun).

Head of the North Jakarta Metro Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Adjunct Senior Commissioner of Police, Febri Isman Jaya, said that the current status of suspect I was not working, but self-employed. The money obtained from the fraudulent proceeds of IDR 506 million has been used to no avail.

According to suspect I, the money was used to financing certain projects. However, he did not mention what project he was referring to.

When asked by reporters whether suspect I had ever worked in the DPR as a driver, Febri replied that the job was odd.

"Yes. So it's odd jobs. When asked about job, he has no job. Entrepreneur only," said Febri.

Febri explained that based on temporary information, the attributes of the police that suspect I bought had been a year. According to suspect I, these attributes are also not used to deceive victims in North Jakarta.

"As for the money obtained from the fraudulent proceeds, it is used for extravagance," said Febri.

The fraud incident, said Febri, when the victim communicated with suspect I, and transferred funds amounting to IDR 506 million because one car would be promised, one of which was the Alphard and Fortuner.

"And until the time the victim continues to charge, the suspect then avoids it. Therefore, the victim reports to the North Jakarta Metro Police," said Febri.