Police Visit Shophouses In Duren Sawit, Locker Fraud Scene: All Residents Are Quiet, All Shophouses Are Closed

Ruko Di Duren Sawit TKP Pengecuan pemboker/ Foto: IST

The East Jakarta Metro Police Satreskrim visited the job vacancy recruitment shop which allegedly committed fraud against a number of job applicants on Jalan I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Duren Sawit District, East Jakarta, Monday, July 15.

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the East Jakarta Metro Police, AKBP Armunanto, said that regarding the viral news allegedly fraudulent work receipts in the Duren Sawit area, his party had checked the scene.

"Today we will trace again, we have gone to the location," said AKBP Armunanto to reporters, Monday, July 15.

AKBP Armunanto also appealed to victims of fraudulent job applicants at the Duren Sawit shophouse to immediately make a report to the Duren Sawit Police or the East Jakarta Metro Police.

"We recommend that residents or job seekers feel cheated in order to make a police report. So that we can handle the case," he said.

Kasat confirmed that until now his party had not found any reports from the Polsek or Polres Metro East Jakarta.

"There has been no report regarding the viral incident. However, we are still checking the location, we have met the shophouse. Last Saturday it was closed, Sunday it closed and today is the working day for members to try to check with the shophouse," he said.

Until this news was written, the East Jakarta Metro Police Satreskrim investigators had not yet examined witnesses.

"For the time being, we have not asked for information, because there are no residents there, all shophouses are closed," he said.

The alleged fraudulent mode of job vacancies has occurred again in the East Jakarta area. This time, the alleged mode of fraudulent action for job vacancies is engaged in logistics located in a shophouse on Jalan I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Klender, Duren Sawit District, East Jakarta.

A number of applicants who were victims were asked for money up to Rp 1.7 million rupiah as a condition to be accepted for work. The alleged job vacancy fraud is known as PT VTLI. This incident also went viral on Instagram social media.

The job applicants who were victims of alleged fraud finally managed to reject the attempted extortion mode of receiving the work.