BRI Customer Money Thief Caught In Action At ATM

The alleged thief of BRI customers' money/Photo: IST

JAKARTA - A perpetrator of theft of BRI's Mandiri Cash Pavilion Card (ATM) was arrested by residents while carrying out his action in a minimarket in the Rawamangun area, Pulogadung District, East Jakarta.

The perpetrator is known to have the initials DK (30) from Banten. When arrested, the perpetrator's actions were known by the victim who was a woman.

Aldi, a minimarket employee, said that at the time of the incident there was one person. The perpetrator's actions were discovered when the victim's stolen ATM card, which was exchanged, fell and was known to the victim.

"He found out that when he entered the card again, the pin was wrong. Then his mother's card (victim) fell, didn't know it was his mother's card (victim). Then he shouted immediately, the perpetrator was arrested," Aldi told reporters at the scene, Friday, May 10.

During the search, dozens of cards belonging to the perpetrator were found.

"Found 50 ATM cards in the perpetrator's bag, matches and saws. He brought three fake number plates. The perpetrator was then taken to the nearest Polsek," he said.

Aldi said the perpetrator carried out his action by pretending to help the victim who had taken money at an ATM. Previously, the perpetrator was suspected of having blocked the place to enter this ATM card.

"He pretended to help customers who wanted to withdraw cash, then the card was changed to him," he said.

The perpetrator was then handed over to the Pulogadung Police for further processing.

Pulogadung Police Chief Kompol Sutrisno confirmed that his party had secured the alleged perpetrator of the ATM card.

"The results of the temporary examination, the perpetrator's mode of trying to put the lighter pentol into the ATM hole so that people who will make transactions at the ATM card are swallowed," he said.

The perpetrator carried out the action first to observe the victim queuing from behind the victim's body. But previously, the perpetrator had blocked it by inserting a match rod.

"The perpetrator from behind offered to help. But when he helped, it turned out that the alleged perpetrator replaced the victim's ATM card with another ATM card," he said.

Currently, the perpetrator is still being handled at the Pulogadung Police.