GIANYAR - Gianyar Police, Bali, arrested a gang of credit card thieves for South Korean actress (South Korea), Jeon Hye-Bin (42) while traveling on the island of Bali.
The 10 perpetrators arrested consisted of 6 foreign nationals (WNA) and 4 Indonesian citizens. This gang turned out to be a syndicate of International credit card theft.
Gianyar Police Chief AKBP Chandra C. Kesuma said that the disclosure of cases of theft with international networks committed by foreigners in the Ubud area, Gianyar Regency, was revealed.
"The victims are 5 foreigners. The victims are all foreigners from Korea and China. One of them is the husband of Korean artist Jeon Hye Bin, who lost a wallet containing a financial card while traveling in the Ubud area," said AKBP Chandra, Wednesday, December 3.
There are 4 perpetrators of foreigners from Mongolia, with the initials SA (35), MK (38), GD (35) and GZ (32) with the role of pickpocket in the field.
Then 2 Chinese foreigners with the initials SAM (60) and DE (57), act as intermediaries for Electronic Data Capture (EDC) machines. Furthermore, for Indonesian citizens there are 4 people with the initials PT (44), IKPS (51), HL (49) and JW (44), they play a role in providing EDC machines.
"A total of 10 perpetrators have been arrested, consisting of 4 Indonesian citizens and 6 foreigners, with different roles," he added.
These perpetrators took action in tourist areas that were crowded with tourists in Gianyar Regency. Like around Puri Ubud, the Ubud Thematic Market Oemah Herbireist Shop, Ubud Highway and the Ubud Monkey Forest Area.
This gang took action starting from Mongolian foreigners who invited their acquaintances Chinese foreigners in September 2025 to pickpocket on the island of Bali. Then, Mongolian foreigners asked Chinese foreigners to invite their friends to join.
The Chinese foreigner then invited one of the Indonesian citizens and the Indonesian citizen to invite other Indonesian citizens.
In addition, their system is cut off and unknown to each other and for Mongolian citizens, they have done the same in Malaysia and Singapore.
"This case is a disclosure of the crime of theft with a pickpocket mode controlled through an international network, involving Indonesian citizens and foreigners," he explained.
In addition, the victims only found out about the theft after receiving notifications on their mobile phones regarding suspicious digital transactions to a number of merchants abroad, such as Portman Hauliers Kamala UG, Chevor Motors Kamala UG, Laptop Nguyen Duc 02, and merchants Bayu Mobilindo.
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"The bag was opened, his wallet was taken. Then, the credit card was swiped in the EDC machine to be sent to an overseas account, detected as being sent to Uganda. Some were sent to Indonesia," he said.
Police are still investigating the flow of funds from the perpetrators. Because, they sent the stolen money to bank accounts in Indonesia and Uganda. The perpetrators were arrested in Denpasar City and Gianyar Regency at the end of October 2025.
The evidence that was secured was 3 EDC machines with various company accounts, 9 cell phones, spare bags, ATM cards, and clothes used by the perpetrators when carrying out the action.
"For this evidence, it is now used as the basis for strengthening case investigations," he said.
The perpetrators were charged with Article 363 of the Criminal Code or Article 480 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Articles 53 and 56 of the Criminal Code with a maximum threat of 7 years in prison.
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