West Java Regional Police (Polda) managed to apprehend three Nigerian citizens (WN) and one Indonesian citizen (WNI) who were involved in an online fraud case with the mode of sending foreign packages on behalf of Customs and Excise.
"The victim received an SMS message from someone who claimed to be the Customs and Excise party. The reporter was asked to transfer some money on the grounds of paying taxes, fines, and document fees," said Head of Public Relations of the West Java Police, Kombes Pol Jules Abraham Abast in Bandung, Friday, February 21, quoted by Antara.
Jules named the four suspects, including OOP (40), ENC (41), and OSS (35) Nigerian citizens and UK (41) Indonesian citizens.
"So far, several witnesses have been examined. Among them are approximately seven witnesses, including four witnesses on behalf of the account owner who have been questioned," he said.
He explained the mode used by the perpetrators by contacting the victim and claiming to be the Customs and Excise party. They informed the victim with the initials that there was a package from London in the form of gold jewelry and money sent.
Then they were asked to send some money on the grounds that the Customs and Excise fee tax was sent, transferred. Then there was a fine sent again up to a total of Rp234.5 million," he said.
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Furthermore, Jules said it would still investigate this case because it was suspected that there were other victims who had not reported it.
"So from the evidence that we saw, there were also many other potential victims who he tried to approach, he tried WA directly to get acquainted, then he tried to establish a relationship," he said.
For their actions, the suspects were subject to Article 51 Jo Article 35 of Law No. 1 of 2024 concerning the second amendment to Law No. 11 of 2008 concerning information and electronic transactions Jo articles 55 and 55 KUHIPidana.
"They face a maximum prison sentence of 12 years and/or a maximum fine of Rp12 billion," he said.
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