Recidivist Of Money Theft Of ATM Block Mode In Bekasi Uses Dental Stabs, Pretends Good To Help Victims

Bekasi Metro Police Chief Commissioner Twedi Aditya Bennyahdi explained the chronology of the case when he revealed the case at the Bekasi Metro Police Headquarters Lobby, Thursday. (ANTARA/Pradita Kurniawan Syah).

BEKASI - Polres Metropolitan Bekasi, West Java, managed to apprehend two recidivist money thieves using the Mandiri Cash Machine (ATM) which cost victims millions of rupiah. "We have secured two suspects with the initials PR (30) and AR (41). Both of them turned out to be recidivist in a similar case," said Bekasi Metro Police Chief Kombes Twedi Aditya Bennyahdi at the Bekasi Metro Police Headquarters, quoted from Antara, Thursday, August 31. The two suspects are specialists in ATM machine marijuana mode theft. The perpetrator is known to have carried out several actions in the jurisdiction of Bekasi Regency. The two perpetrators launched their last action at an ATM machine located at a gas station on Jalan Fatahillah, Kalijaya Village, West Cikarang District on August 9, 2023. "Based on the incident report from the victim, we from the Resort Police and the Sector Police then conducted an investigation until finally we managed to catch the perpetrator," he said. He revealed that the perpetrators acted in a number of ATM machines in the Bekasi Regency area with the average ATM machine located at the Public Fuel Filling Station (SPBU). The two perpetrators used dental media to block the victim's ATM. When the victim was confused, the perpetrator pretended to help. Even though the victim's ATM card had been exchanged by the perpetrator. "That's why during the arrest, we secured nine ATM cards of various banks and also a dental stick," he said. When the victim inserts the ATM card into the machine, the ATM card cannot enter. The perpetrator then approached and offered the victim to make a transaction without a card. "The victim received the direction, the victim agreed until the perpetrator pressed the ATM button and the transaction without a card," he said. The victim then entered an ATM pin which turned out to be visible to the perpetrator. When the victim was about to take the money, the perpetrator immediately pressed the cancel button and asked the victim to put the ATM card back in but still could not enter because it was blocked by the perpetrator. "Then he came back as if he was helping, but it turned out that the ATM card was secretly exchanged by the perpetrator for another card. After that, the perpetrator immediately fled and took money from another ATM location using the victim's ATM card. From the results of the examination, apart from the location of the West Cikarang gas station, the perpetrators have acted in eight other locations such as Ruko Sukatani, a Pasir Gombong minimarket, and a South Cikarang gas station. Then at Setu gas station and five other locations.

"The two perpetrators were charged with Article 363 of the Criminal Code with a maximum imprisonment of five years," he said.