Yogyakarta Regional Police Arrest 3 Suspects Of Fraud Fund Loan Mode Of IDR 25 Billion

Three suspects in fraud cases accompanied by violent theft with a loan mode of Rp. 25 billion, at a press conference at the Yogyakarta Regional Police Headquarters, Sleman, Yogyakarta DI, Friday (13/12/2024) ANTARA/Luqman Hakim.

YOGYAKARTA - Yogyakarta Special Region Police (Polda DIY) arrested SA, RS, and AF, suspects of fraud accompanied by theft with violence with the mode of providing loan funds of up to Rp25 billion.

"The perpetrators pretended to have Rp25 billion in funds or money which would be loaned to the victim on the condition that the victim had to provide Rp2 billion in cash," said Director of the General Criminal Investigation of the Yogyakarta Regional Police, Kombes FX Endriadi, as reported by ANTARA, Friday, December 13.

Apart from SA (52), RS (50), and AF (53), according to Endriadi, the Police are still hunting for other suspects, namely ABH (55) and DD (45) who are still on the wanted list (DPO).

He said the case of fraud accompanied by violent theft occurred on Saturday (5/10) in one of the housing estates in Kasihan, Bantul with victim HA (52), a resident of Jatinangor, Sumedang, West Java.

According to Endriadi, the perpetrators initially pretended to have funds of Rp. 25 billion which was promised to be loaned to HA victims on condition that they had to provide a fee of Rp. 2 billion, but in the form of United States (US) dollar denominations.

To convince the victim, one of the perpetrators, namely SA, gave money for free to HA as much as Rp. 2 million to be spent at the same time to convince the victim.

"The SA perpetrator also showed a video recording via his 'mobile phone' about a sum of Rp25 billion in cash stored in the coffin," he said.

With persuasion from the suspects, the HA victim believed that he was willing to give Rp2 billion in US dollar denominations in the hope that he would get a loan of Rp25 billion.

After an agreement was made, then the perpetrators of SA and RS rented a stay at one of the housing estates in Kasihan, Bantul by preparing a room to trap the victim. HA also agreed with the suspects to meet at the home stay.

On October 5, 2024 at around 12.15 WIB, HA and his wife came to the place and met SA, then the victim was told to put Rp2 billion in US dollar denominations on the living room table.

According to Endriadi, HA and his wife admitted that they had started to suspect the existence of the Rp25 billion money, so that when they looked into the room, suspect S pushed HA and his wife into the room.

"After the victim entered the room, the suspect SA took Rp2 billion which was placed on the table, while the victim could not leave the room because it was locked automatically," he said.

Previously, the suspects had changed the lock to the bedroom door so that it could not be opened from inside the room and the promised Rp25 billion was not there.

Meanwhile, outside the homestay, they are waiting for the suspect RS with a motorbike to pick up the suspect SA.

After the suspect SA came out and managed to bring Rp2 billion in cash in the form of US dollars, the suspects then fled on a motorbike leaving the victim locked in the room.

"The money worth Rp. 2 billion from the crime," said Endriadi, then divided into five suspects.

"From this incident, the team carried out the investigation and investigation process and finally we revealed the incident and arrested three suspects, while the other two people became DPOs," he said.

The suspects were charged with Article 365 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 378 of the Criminal Code with a maximum threat of 12 years in prison.