The Head Of Taban Village Who Was Arrested By The South Tangerang Police In The Fraud Case Has Completed 12 Land Transactions

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TANGERANG - The South Tangerang City Resort Police (Polres) arrested an individual from the Taban Village Head with the initials A for alleged cases of fraud and embezzlement of land parcel documents. "It is true that we have arrested a village head with the initials A in connection with a criminal act of fraud and/or embezzlement," said Head of the Public Relations Section (Kasi) of the South Tangerang Police Ipda Wendi in Tangerang, Antara, Friday, January 19. Wendi explained that the security efforts against the Taban Village Head were a follow-up to the victim's report which had previously carried out land sale and purchase transactions with the perpetrators. The investigating team from Harta and Benda (Harda) of the South Tangerang Police also made an arrest on Tuesday, January 16 at one of the houses of Arwita staff, Cibunar Village, Tenjo District. Based on the results of the police investigation, the perpetrators have admitted to offering 16 plots of land in Jambe, Parung Panjang, and Rangkas Bitung sub-districts to the victims. "However, the perpetrator only completed transactions against 12 plots of land, there were still 4 plots of land that were not resolved. The land parcels were in the name of the victims," he explained. In addition, the money received by the perpetrators was from the proceeds of fraud and embezzlement of the land documents for personal gain. "Currently, the status of A is already a suspect and is being held at the South Tangerang Police," he said. However, for the actions of the perpetrators, Article 378 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 372 of the KHUP are sentenced to a maximum imprisonment of 4 years. "Based on the information of the investigator, the suspect's file has been investigated by the prosecutor and is complete. The files will be immediately transferred to the prosecutor's office," he said. Head of the Tangerang Regency Community and Village Government Empowerment Service (DPMPD) Yayat Rohimat said that his party would respect the applicable legal decisions.

To replace the position of the Taban Village Head who is now caught in the case, he said, he would be replaced by the local village secretary. "While being handled by the APH, we respect the process. We don't know what the final decision will be, but the service in the village will continue," he said.