Bulgarian Foreigners Break An ATM Machine In Bali-NTB

The Bali Police Team arrested a Bulgarian foreigner named Ilias Danimil Saif (20) alias Rehman who broke into an ATM machine in Jimbaran, Badung Regency (DOK. Police)

DENPASAR - The Bali Police Team arrested a Bulgarian foreigner named Ilias Danimil Saif (20) aka Rehman who broke into an ATM in Jimbaran, Badung Regency. The break-in was carried out during Nyepi.

In addition to breaking into ATMs, this foreigner who in his country works as a security guard also commits skimming crimes in three areas in Bali and one in the West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) region.

"This is the disclosure of the case of skimming and ATM burglary in the Bali Regional Police and while the perpetrators also admitted that it also happened at the NTB Regional Police", said Director of General Criminal Investigation (Dirkrimum) of the Bali Regional Police Djuhandani Rahardjo Puro at the Bali Police Headquarters, Monday, March 29.

The arrest of the perpetrator is the result of a police investigation. Bulgarian foreigners were arrested on Friday, March 26 in Buleleng, Bali.

From the initial examination, the perpetrator admitted to skimming at several ATMs in Bali, including in Mataram, NTB.

"From the results of the investigation that the person concerned is a receiver related to the same case in his country in Bulgaria. The perpetrator has only lived in Bali for one month and has moved around", added Kombes Djuhandani.

Losses due to ATM burglary with a crowbar amounted to IDR 2,550,000. Meanwhile, the damage to the ATM is estimated at IDR 87,550,000".

The perpetrator only works alone to execute his deeds. Then, we developed another TKP", said Kombes Djuhandani.

This Bulgarian foreigner broke into the ATM by prying it with a crowbar. Meanwhile, the skimming action was carried out by dismantling the ATM cover pin and inserting a deep skimmer into the card reader. This was done so that customer data on who made transactions could be recorded so that customer pins could be traced.

For his actions, this Bulgarian foreigner was charged with Article 363 of the Criminal Code, Article 406 of the Criminal Code, and Article 30 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 46 Paragraph (1) of the Law on Information and Electronic Transactions.