PAYAKUMBUH - The Payakumbuh Police, West Sumatra secured a state civil servant (ASN) who was suspected of committing fraud by promising the victim to qualify as a member of the Police.
Head of Criminal Investigation Unit for Payakumbuh Police, AKP M. Rosidi, said that the suspect HP (33) was an ASN of the Ministry of Transportation of the Harbormaster and the Teluk Bayur Port Authority, Padang City, which was secured on Saturday, February 6 afternoon.
The arrest began with the victim Deswita, a resident of Tanjung Anau, North Payakumbuh District, who reported to the police because she felt cheated by the suspect.
The suspect once promised to pass his son as a member of the National Police. However, because it was not clear for several months, the victim immediately reported it.
"So the suspect was initially brought to the Payakumbuh Police as a witness. After the examination, the person concerned was immediately promoted as a suspect," said AKP M Rosidi.
In order to get the victim who registered as a member of the National Police, the suspect asked the victim for Rp. 100 million.
The money was handed over by the victim in cash to the suspect, after the money was received it turned out that the victim's child did not pass and the money was not returned.
From the results of the investigation carried out by the investigators, the proceeds from the crime were used by the suspect for personal purposes and bought equipment to open a business in the form of a flying fox in Jakarta. The suspect plans to open the vehicle in the Limapuluh Kota Regency area.
"We emphasize and appeal to the public not to be fooled into recruiting Polri members, there are no charges whatsoever in the selection process to graduate to become members of the Police," he said.
Currently the suspect and evidence have been secured at the Payakumbuh Police for further investigation. For his actions, the suspect will be charged under Article 378 of the Criminal Code with a maximum imprisonment of four years.
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