The Head Of The Beauty Shop In Serang, Which Embezzled Up To Half A Billion, Was Arrested

Serang City Police Chief exposed the case of embezzlement of money in the Serang City Police Hall, Monday (26/2/2024). (ANTARA/Desi Purnama Sari)

Serang City Police Banten Province arrested a beauty shop cashier with the initialsFF (27), a resident of Karang Tanjung, Pandeglang, Banten, after embezzling Rp527.147 million.

Serang City Police Chief, Kombes Sofwan Hermanto, said the police had named FF as a suspect after previously being on the People's Wanted List (DPO).

"The suspect was arrested by the police at his hiding place in Sajira District, Lebak Regency on Saturday (24/2) after being included in the DPO," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, February 26.

Sofwan said the suspect was a cashier at the Serang beauty clinic who was trusted to manage finances by the shop owner. However, the suspect was desperate to take money from the sale of beauty products of Rp. 1 million to Rp. 3 million every day from the range of February 2022 to November 2023.

"This suspect as a cashier, he is determined to take money from sales every day from Rp. 1 million to Rp. 3 million, from February 2022 to November 2023," he said.

Sofwan said that for the time being the total loss caused by the suspect was IDR 527.147 million.

His party also conveyed that the case of embezzlement of money was revealed after the shop owner was suspicious that the amount of money collected from the sale was not proportional to the stock supply in the warehouse.

"The victim checked the goods in the warehouse, but the stock of the existing goods did not match, so the victim conducted an audit, and it was found that the suspect manipulated the sales data," he said.

Sofwan said the suspect was desperate to take money at the clinic because it was to fulfill his lifestyle by buying expensive goods and taking a vacation to Bali.

"The motive is to have a hedon, flexing,foya style. The money from this embezzlement is also used for holidays six times to Bali, buying bags and branded shoes," he said.

For his actions, the suspect was charged with Article 374 of the Criminal Code Jo 372 of the Criminal Code with a maximum penalty of five years.