70 Housewives Reported Arisan Bodong Instagram Nita King's, Losses Rp600 Million

Representatives of victims reported to the SPKT Polrestabes Palembang, South Sumatra, Monday (30/1/2023). ANTARA/M Riezko Bima Elko P.

A total of 70 housewives reported cases of alleged online social gathering fraud to the Palembang Police. They admitted that they were deceived by the actions of the alleged female perpetrator with the initials NT, with a loss of Rp600 million.

Mirna Wati (40), one of the victims of fraud, admitted that she suffered a loss of Rp. 5 million in online social gathering activities through Nita King's Instagram account run by the NT reported party.

The value of the loss is the third stage of the social gathering deposit to participate in online social gathering which then as of November 2022 reported NT disappeared without any news.

"The initial two laps were smooth, yes, yes, we trust him, we are also sure because NT is assisted by legal consultants. Then in the third stage I transferred the money to the NT account number, but he lost no news, his number was not active and Nita King's Instagram account was missing," he said when confirmed on Tuesday, January 31, confiscated by Antara.

Due to this uncertainty, the employee of one of these private banks also communicated with other social gathering participants through WhatsApp's short message group and found that they had experienced the same thing.

The participants, the majority of whom were women from various professions, such as doctors, businessmen, and police wives, all of whom did not benefit from the social gathering and the deposit was not returned by the reported NT.

"Losses from various deposits, the highest is Rp. 50 million, Rp. 30 million," he said.

He said the arisan participants were not only from South Sumatra, but also from Jakarta, Bandung, Kalimantan, and some even in Thailand. They finally agreed to report NT to the police.

"Evidence such as transcripts of transfer marks, account numbers have been handed over to the Palembang Police," he said.

Mirna and other victims of fraud hope that after the report of the alleged case was filed on Monday, January 30 evening, the police can immediately follow up.

He hopes to arrest the alleged perpetrator because not a few victims of this fraud are people with a low economy or mediocre living in remote areas.

"Actually, there are many more victims but they don't dare to report. Yes, the Rp1 million contribution was received by NT. Please, sir, for our complaint process," he said.

The legal adviser for victims of fraud, M. Johansyah. said that the report and evidence had been received by the police with the number STTLP/266/1/2023/SPKT/Polrestabes Palembang/Polda Sumsel.

The police suspect that the reported NT violated Article 378 and/or Article 372 of the Criminal Code regarding fraud and embezzlement.

"Of course we hope that with the completeness of the evidence, the police can process reports of victims of this fraud," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Palembang Polrestabes Police Commissioner Haris Dinza confirmed that his party had received a report on the alleged fraud case under the guise of an online social gathering and would immediately follow up according to the applicable legal regulations.