Perpetrators Of Work Fraud Part Time In Semarang Arrested, Victim Loss Reaches IDR 1 Billion

The fraudster with the mode of part-time work was presented during a press release at the Semarang Police Headquarters, Tuesday (ANTARA/IC Senjaya)

JAKARTA - The Semarang Polrestabes arrested a fraudster with a part-time work mode with the lure of certain benefits after completing the task.

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Semarang Polrestabes Kompol Andika Dharma Sena said the victim had to deposit some money before working on part time.

"There was one victim in Semarang who reported with a loss of more than Rp. 1 billion," he said in Semarang, Tuesday, July 9, which was confiscated by Antara.

According to him, the suspect MRA (20), a resident of Deli Serdang, North Sumatra (North Sumatra), played the role of team leader from the group containing the members who received the work.

"One team contains 12 people who are members of the WhatsApp group," he said.

As for the mode used by the perpetrators, he continued, the victim was lured with income for work which was only in the form of opening the link page sent by the perpetrator.

To get the task of opening the link, he said, the victims were asked to deposit some money first.

He explained that the victim had made several benefits after depositing a sum of money and completing the task of opening the given link.

However, according to him, around March 2024, the victim no longer got a deposit of profit from the perpetrator.

In fact, he said, after the perpetrator deposited more than Rp1 billion in capital, the perpetrator did not pay the profit that the victim had to get.

Based on the perpetrator's information, the profit is only given to the three initial deposits.

"After the fourth deposit, the victim will no longer benefit," he said.

For his actions, the suspect was charged with Article 378 of the Criminal Code regarding fraud or Law Number 1 of 2024 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions.