Bareskrim Bongkar, A Gang Of Online Fraudsters, Send Link Modes,

Director of Cyber Crime at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency Brigadier General Adi Vivid/ANTARA

The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police uncovered an online fraud gang that had drained 493 accounts with a total loss of IDR 12 billion. The gang used illegal link mode and modified android package kit (APK). "The perpetrator has targeted more than 493 victims with the mode of sending delivery service information through a modified APK sent via a WhatsApp application," said Director of Cyber Crime at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency Brigadier General Adi Vivid to reporters, Thursday, January 19. The mode used by this gang is by modifying the APK so that it can get access to the victim's device's SMS inbox. Then, look for OTP codes, especially in mobile banking and e-wallet applications. That way this gang drains the victim's account. "The loss caused by fraud under the guise of the APK is estimated to have exceeded Rp12 billion," he said. In the disclosure of this case, 13 people were named suspects. The first arrest was made of one suspect in Makassar on December 7, 2022. Then, one person was arrested again in the same area on December 13, 2022. Then, six suspects in Palembang 31 December 2022. Several later results, investigators again arrested four perpetrators who were arrested on January 3, 2023. Finally, the arrest of one perpetrator in Banyuwangi on January 5, 2023. "There are still 20 other perpetrators and have been included in the People's Wanted List," said Adi. For their actions, the suspects were charged with Articles of the ITE Law, the Law on Fund Transfers, the TPPU Law and the Criminal Code. For the maker or developer of the APK is suspected of violating Article 46 paragraph (1), (2), (3) in conjunction with Article 30 paragraph (1), (2), (3) of the ITE Law on Illegal Access and Article 48 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 32 paragraph (1) of the ITE Law concerning the Modification of Information and Electronic Documents and Article 50 in conjunction with Article 34 paragraph (1) of the ITE Law on Distribution and Selling Illegal Software and Article 3, 5, 10 of the TPPU Law.