Woman Perpetrators Of Coldgla Ticket Fraud Arrested By Yogyakarta Police, Earns IDR 50 Million Profit

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Yogyakarta Police AKP Probo Satrio (left) showed evidence and presented suspects for fraudulent Coldplay concert tickets during a press conference at the Yogyakarta Police Headquarters, Thursday (30/11/2023) (ANTARA/Luqman Hakim)

Yogyakarta City Police revealed the mode of fraud for Coldplay British band concert tickets by a female suspect with the initials RE (40) against his victims.

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Yogyakarta Police, AKPProbo Satrio, said that RE, a resident of Sleman, was arrested on Monday (27/11).

"The suspect committed fraudulent Coldplay concert tickets to the victims by claiming to have acquaintances or friends as an event organizer," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, November 30.

Probo said the disclosure of the case stems from a report by one of the three victims of fraud on November 17, 2023.

Based on information, on May 18, 2023, the victim was contacted by the perpetrators of RE and offered a ticket to the Coldplay concert which performed at the Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on November 15.

"This victim was entrusted by his friend to buy the ticket, so it's not just himself. Because there are friends who also want to join, so he also ordered," said Probo.

To the victim, RE admitted that he could find Coldplay concert tickets with prices varying according to seating, starting from the price of Rp. 2.1 million for category 5, Rp. 3.9 million for category 3 to price of Rp. 5.9 for 14th row seats.

According to Probo, the price offered by the perpetrators did not match the official price because it was cheaper.

After the victims ordered tickets, the perpetrator then asked for payment for the ticket purchase to be transferred to the account in the name of the perpetrator.

In June 2023, said Probo, suspect RE promised the victims his ticket could be received in the near future.

"However, the perpetrator said that the seats to watch the concert could not be adjacent and the number of spectators was reduced by the security forces," he said.

Receiving this information, the victims changed their minds and wanted to cancel the ticket bookings so that both parties agreed to return the ticket payment money.

However, when the victims asked about the refund of the concert ticket, RE always answered on the grounds that the money from the promoter had not been received.

The perpetrator then tricked the victims by suggesting that they call the phone number on behalf of Sisca who claimed to be a close friend of the perpetrator and worked with an event organizer who helped find tickets.

"Sisca is a fictitious character played by the perpetrator himself. So, he makes the character as if Sisca is his friend who is part of the event organizer," said Probo.

When the victims called Sisca's phone number, who was none other than the perpetrator of RE, always reasoned that she was sick and could not return the ticket payment money.

"Until the time the victim reported this, the victim had not received the ticket money from the perpetrator," he said.

Of the three victims, the profit earned by the perpetrators was around Rp. 50 million.

Probo menegaskan pelaku sebenarnya tidak memiliki connected atau teman yang bekerja divat organizeroldplay dan penipuan itu sudah disiapkan sejak awal.

For his actions, RE was charged with Article 378 of the Criminal Code with a penalty of four years in prison.

"We urge the public to remain careful and vigilant so that they do not easily believe and be tempted by cheap music concert tickets so as not to become victims of fraud," said Probo.