27 Applicants For Jobs Fooled By Cellphone Store Lockers At PGC Cililitan, It Turns Out That Personal Data For Applicants Is Stolen For Loans Of Up To IDR 1 Billion

Victims of fraud and theft of personal data for loans at the East Jakarta Police/PHOTO: Rizky Sulistio-VOI

JAKARTA - A total of 27 job applicants became victims of fraud and embezzlement with the mode of personal data theft used for online loans by cellphone counters. The victims also reported the incident to the East Jakarta Metro Police. According to information from Muhammad Lutfi (31), one of the victims, the crime was carried out by the reported perpetrator with the initials R, an employee of the Wahana Store mobile counter who operates on the 3rd floor, Cililitan Wholesale Mall (PGC), Jalan Mayjen Sutoyo, Kramat Jati, East Jakarta.

Dozens of residents were initially promised a job on the condition that they submitted their ID cards and cellphones along with an application letter to R, an employee of the Wahana Store PCG Cililitan mobile phone counter shop, Kramat Jati.

However, apparently, R stole the job applicant data to apply for an online loan. In fact, the total loss suffered by 27 victims was more than IDR 1 billion.

"Initially R, the reported party, offered a job as a mobile phone counter admin. Then the victims submitted several requirements such as an ID card and a face selfie," Lutfi told reporters at the East Jakarta Police Headquarters, Friday, July 5.

Then without the permission and knowledge of the victims, it turned out that the reported R had installed the application on the victim's cellphone.

"Suddenly there were transactions of online loan bills and online loans, such as Shopeepay later, ada kami, Home Credit, Kredivo, Akulaku and others. Meanwhile, the victims never submitted the transaction," he said.

For this incident, the victims felt aggrieved by the total bill of Rp. 1,017,619,248.

"Kami kemudian melaporkan kejadian ini ke Polres Metro Jakarta Timur. Kami juga menyerahkan kasus ini kepada kuasa hukum kami," kata salah satu korban warga Ciracas tersebut.

Meanwhile, Muhammad Tasrif Tuasamu, the attorneys for the victims, said that he and 8 representatives of victims of fraud and embezzlement came to the East Jakarta Metro Police Headquarters for the agenda of examining victim witnesses at the Criminal Investigation Unit (Satreskrim) investigators.

"I accompanied the victims, today one of the victim witnesses was examined by investigators. We have reported the reported party, on June 5, 2024 for criminal acts of fraud and embezzlement. These victims are the same type of case related to online loans," he said.

Tasrif explained that the modus operandi of the perpetrators was in the form of online loans. The victims were lured by the work at PGC.

"So there is one CV there is Wahana Cellular. So Wahana Cellular there is one employee who is suspected of committing a criminal act, so we reported the person concerned at the East Jakarta Metro Police. We have a strong legal basis for this report," he said.