Police Name 4 Suspects In Fraud Cases In Goods Delivery Mode

Head of the Tangerang Police Criminal Investigation Unit (Kasat) Kompol Arief N Yusuf when giving a press statement at the Tangerang Police Headquarters. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

TANGERANG - Tangerang City Police (Polresta), Banten Police, named four suspects for embezzlement or fraud with the mode of freight forwarding services.

Head of the Tangerang Police Criminal Investigation Unit (Kasat) Kompol Arief N Yusuf in Tangerang, Sunday said investigators were arrested from different places.

The four perpetrators are TM (29), ANS (24) a resident of Tangerang Regency, GR (31) and HH (38) a resident of Bandung.

"During the arrest, the positions of these perpetrators were in different locations. And we are trying to explore these perpetrators," said Arief, quoted from ANTARA, Sunday, May 5.

He explained that the beginning of the disclosure of this fraud case began with a report by the victim who was the owner of a plastic grain mill in the Dark Jaya area, Pasar Kemis District, Tangerang Regency, regarding the fraud he experienced on March 20, 2024.

Then, on that basis, the Tangerang Police Criminal Investigation team immediately conducted an investigation and investigation into existing witnesses as an effort to arrest the perpetrators.

"From the police report, we made several efforts to ensure the truth of the case. As a result, from the title of the case we agreed that this legal act had fulfilled sufficient evidence," he explained.

Furthermore, based on witness testimony, his party immediately found out the whereabouts of the perpetrators who were later arrested by a woman with the initials ANS.

"The team found a woman whose characteristics were the same as the information received, then the team conducted an initial interrogation of a woman and matched the phone number used and it turned out that the result was the same as the one used by the perpetrator," he said.

Dari hasil introgasi kepada pelaku pertama, kata Arief, bahwa dirinya mengaku telah melakukan penipuan online dan atau penggelapan gilingan plastik Hips Natural bersama dengan tiga rekannya.

"TM was arrested at his home, then we developed two other syndicates of perpetrators and successfully secured at Perum Puri Harmoni II, Legok, Tangerang, known to be GR and HH. And we are currently still pursuing another suspect involved in this case," he said.

The modus operandi of the perpetrators pretended to be recipients of goods delivery services to the perpetrators.

From there, negotiations occurred between the suspect and the victim.

Then the suspect pretended to check and weigh by taking him to the warehouse for the delivery of the goods.

After the victim gave some money and items to be sent to the suspect, the victim only realized that he had been deceived.

The victim's loss reached Rp122.5 million.

"However, after carrying the goods to be sent, the perpetrator never returned to the meeting location, the victim also tried to contact the customer contact and the customer assistant who claimed to be SRI, but the customer and customer assistant contacts have so far been inactive, unable to be contacted and communicated," he said.

The four suspects are subject to Article 378 of the Criminal Code and or Article 372 of the Criminal Code with a maximum imprisonment of 4 years and a maximum fine of Rp. 200 million.

"To the public, to be careful when making transactions or using delivery services and must ensure that every transaction is safe," he said.