Russian Caucasian Vladimir Ksarski Who Bobol ATM Bank Sumsel Babel Sentenced To 1 Year In Prison

Vladimir Ksarski, a foreign national (WNA) from Russia, a defendant in the ATM burglary case in Palembang, South Sumatra/DOK ANTARA

PALEMBANG - Vladimir Ksarski, a foreign national (WNA) from Russia accused of breaking into a Bank Sumsel Babel ATM in Palembang, South Sumatra, was sentenced to one year in prison by the Palembang Class IA District Court. "Sentenced one year in prison because the defendant was proven to have violated Article 363 paragraph (1) 4th, 5th of the Criminal Code in conjunction with 53 paragraph (1) of the criminal law book," said Chief Justice Efiyanto when reading the verdict in Palembang, as reported by Antara, Monday, July 8. The judge revealed that the defendant had been found guilty of committing a crime in order to be able to retrieve items that were to be stolen and carried out by damaging, cutting or climbing or by wearing a fake key child, fake orders or clothes of fake positions. The money from breaking into the ATM amounted to Rp. 30 million. This evidence was returned to Bank Sumsel Babel. After listening to the verdict read by the panel of judges, the defendant through his two translators said that he accepted the decision. Previously, the Palembang Polrestabes, South Sumatra, handled the case of a foreign national (WNA) who broke into an independent cash machine (ATM) on April 8, 2024. "After receiving a report from the bank, members together with members of the South Sumatra Police Ditreskrimum conducted an investigation and succeeded in arresting the suspect in an apartment in Jakarta," said Palembang Police Chief Kombes Harryo Sugihhartono.

In addition to securing the suspect Vladimir Kasarski, officers also secured evidence in the form of a laptop, cellphone, Rp 30 million in cash and the clothes used by the perpetrators in action.