Ojol Driver In Makassar Who Drained Victim's Money Rp36 Million Through An ATM Card From A Falling Wallet Arrested

The Biringkanaya Police Team arrested ojol driver Seprianus Jaya Palemangan (left) the perpetrator of the theft by draining money in the account through an ATM

One of the online motorcycle taxi drivers (ojol) was arrested by the police for repeatedly draining the contents of the victim's savings balance at the Independent Cash Pavilion (ATM) in Makassar, South Sulawesi.

"The perpetrator was arrested while at a gas station on Jalan Perintis Kemerdekaan, in front of the South Sulawesi Regional Police Office without a fight," said Biringkanaya Police Criminal Investigation Unit Head Iptu Suryadi Syamal as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, October 17.

The perpetrator is known as Seprianus Jaya Palemangan (33), a resident of Nabire, Papua.

From the results of the interrogation, the perpetrator admitted that he had stolen the property of his victim named Nurhalija (25) by draining the contents of the balance in his savings repeatedly worth Rp36.9 million through the victim's ATM card.

The incident occurred on September 16, 2024, at that time the victim's wallet fell in the Bumi Tamalanrea Permai Housing (BTP) area, Tamalanrea District at around 22.00 WITA.

Unable to find his wallet, he decided to make a letter of loss to the police to take care of the re-making of an ATM card at the bank on September 19, 2024. What a surprise, when the balance was checked, all the money in his account ran out. There were several transactions for withdrawing money at the ATM.

Due to this incident, the victim reported the incident to the Biringkanaya Police on September 20 that the theft of money in his account after his wallet fell and disappeared containing his identity, ATM card and other securities. The police immediately launched an investigation.

"This case was revealed and succeeded in arresting the perpetrator based on initial information and CCTV footage obtained so that the identity of the perpetrator can be identified," said Iptu Suryadi.

From the results of the interrogation, the perpetrator admitted that it was true that he had found a wallet belonging to the victim containing an ATM card and identity card and documents. At that time the perpetrator did not return it to the owner, but instead stole and drained the contents of the victim's account.

The perpetrator repeatedly made withdrawals at a number of ATMs, BRILink for using ATM pins according to the date of birth of the victim listed on the e-KTP together in the victim's wallet. The victim suffered a loss of Rp36.9 million.

The perpetrator used the money to redeem a motorbike BPKB letter that was pawned for Rp. 16 million, paid for a boarding house for two months of Rp. 1.6 million. Memorizing two rings worth Rp. 1.7 million, used daily necessities with his wife and the remaining Rp. 5 million.

The evidence that was secured was Rp. 5 million in cash (the remaining money), one motorbike and helmet, gold ring, one ATM card.