Empowering 60 People, Couples Who Fraud Coldplay Concert Tickets Raise Hundreds Of Millions Of Money

Released in case of service fraud entrusting tickets to Coldplay music group concerts at the Jakarta Metro Police Headquarters Monday, May 22. (Rizky A-VOI)

JAKARTA - A husband and wife couple who are perpetrators of service fraud who leave tickets to Coldplay music group concerts in the country have tricked 60 people. Both dredged for hundreds of millions of money.

"The victims who reported to our place were approximately 60 people and we traced those in their savings amounting to Rp257 million, this is for the results of a temporary investigation," said Director of Special Criminal Investigation at Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Auliansyah Lubis to reporters, Monday, May 22.

A married couple with the initials ABF and W tiu used the Twitter account @fintrove_id in carrying out their fraudulent practices with the service mode of entrusting Coldplay concerts which they planned to take place at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (SUGBK), Jakarta, on November 15.

The account was bought by both of them from someone. With consideration, the Twitter account already has quite a number of followers.

The many followers became the modus operandi of the two perpetrators. Because, you can believe in people to buy through them.

"Then from this website ( Twitter account) they opened or Open jattip war tickets for Coldplay music of the spheres in Jakarta, which on Twitter they also said that it was as if this website ( Twitter account) had sold various previous concert tickets, and succeeded," he said.

In fact, to make it more convincing, this couple makes a form that must be filled by the victims. Then, upload a tweet when you already have one Coldplay concert ticket that is ready to be sold.

"They are also to convince victims or people who want to buy, they already have one real ticket that they get," said Auliansyah.

As for this case, both of them were charged with Article 28 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 45 paragraph 1 of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning amendments to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions.

Then Article 378 of the Criminal Code, Article 372 of the Criminal Code, Article 3 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the prevention and eradication of the crime of money laundering or money laundering, and or Article 4 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning Money Laundering, and Article 5 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning Money Laundering.