Rp18 Million Car Transfer Fee, Money Used For Online Gambling, Brokers In Tambora Arrested In Ciputat

Illustration of the arrest of brokers behind the name of the car/ (pixabay)

The Tambora Police have arrested the perpetrators of fraud using the service bureau mode for processing motor vehicle registration documents.

The suspect with the initials SA (39) was arrested after committing fraud against his consumers with a total loss of Rp. 18 million.

Tambora Police Chief Kompol Putra Pratama explained that the suspect had previously worked at the service bureau for processing motor vehicle registration documents.

"This is then when he started working alone to find his own consumers," he said, Thursday, November 23.

Then the suspect was visited by a victim named Dedi who wanted to transfer a Pajero four-wheeled vehicle. Dedi himself is a resident of Tambora, West Jakarta.

The victim then made a transfer of IDR 18 million to take care of the mutation of his four-wheeled vehicle in March 2023.

"It turned out that until November 2023 the process of administering mutations and changing names also never finished feeling cheated and embezzled in the amount of Rp. 18 million," he said.

The victim then reported the fraud case to the Tambora Police on November 20, 2023.

The police conducted an investigation and arrested the suspect in the Ciputat area, South Tangerang.

Kompol Putra explained, based on the results of the examination, the money had been used for the suspect's personal needs, one of which was playing gambling.

"Based on the results of the investigation, the suspect has now spent money sent by the victim, one of which is used for online lottery gambling," he said.

For his actions, the suspect is suspected of Article 372 and 378 of the Criminal Code (KUHP).