Raline Shah's Father Becomes A Victim Of A Fraud Of IDR 254 Million, The Culprit Is A Prisoner

The North Sumatra Regional Police showed evidence at the North Sumatra Regional Police Headquarters, Medan, North Sumatra, Wednesday (15/10/2025). BETWEEN/M.Sahbainy Nasution.

The Directorate of Cyber Investigation of the North Sumatra Regional Police revealed the perpetrators of alleged fraud or scams against victims who are officials of the Chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) of North Sumatra and the Consul General of the Republic of Turkey for the Sumatra region, Rahmat Shah.

"The evidence confiscated by cellphones, automated teller machines, account transactions, bundles of transactions of victims and others," said Director of Cyber Investigation of the North Sumatra Police, Kombes Doni Satrya Sembiring in Medan, Wednesday, October 15, as reported by ANTARA.

Doni said the perpetrator who was arrested by a man with the initials MSL (25) who was an inmate at the Class I Medan Prison, male R (34) a resident of Medan Class I Prison, a woman with the initials IP (20) a resident of Langkat Regency and a woman with the initials TH (30) a resident of Medan.

The perpetrators were charged with Article 51 paragraph (1) Juncto Article 35 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions, and Article 378 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55.56 of the Criminal Code with a maximum imprisonment of 12 years and a fine of IDR 12 billion, or Article 378 of the Criminal Code with a maximum imprisonment of four years.

"The modus operandi of the perpetrators is to commit fraud or scams by moving quickly to transfer from the account to eliminate traces of tracing from the police," he said.

Doni explained that on August 19, 2025, the victim received a message to the reported number on behalf of Raline Rahmat Shah to buy gold to be sent to MSL's account number.

"However, Raline sent a message that she had never asked the victim for money. For this incident, the victim suffered a loss of Rp. 254 million," he said.

From the report, the North Sumatra Police's Cyber Investigation Directorate arrested MSL on September 10, 2025, then arrested other perpetrators.

He said the disclosure of this case could not be separated from the cooperation of the Financial Services Authority, Regional Office of the Directorate General of Corrections (Ditjenpas) of North Sumatra.

"We hope to continue to exist because without any good cooperation with other stakeholders, it means nothing, for that we are grateful. Hopefully in the future, other actors can be revealed," he said.