Selling Fake Diplomas Certificate In Social Media, Two East Java Youths Arrested And Threatened With 12 Years In Prison

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JAKARTA - Sub-Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation of the East Java Regional Police arrested a syndicate of fake diploma makers offered through social media.

"From the confessions of the suspects, the results are to meet economic needs", said Head of Public Relations of the East Java Regional Police, Kombes Gatot Repli Handoko, to reporters at the East Java Police Headquarters in Surabaya, reported by Antara, Tuesday.

He said the two suspects who were arrested were each with the initials MW (32) a resident of Jalan Kesambi, Lajing Village, Arosbaya District, Bangkalan Regency, and BP (26) a resident of Kewall Lor Street, Kenjeran District, Surabaya.

At the same place, the Deputy Director of Special Criminal Investigation of the East Java Regional Police, AKBP Zulham, explained that since the end of 2019 two suspects had offered diploma-making services on social media.

"There are nine types of products made by the two actors with varying prices", he said.

For elementary school diplomas, IDR 500 thousand, junior high school IDR 700 thousand, high school / vocational school IDR 800 thousand, undergraduate diploma IDR 2 million, and postgraduate diploma IDR 2.5 million.

Meanwhile, for residence documents in the form of an ID card of IDR 300 thousand, a family card of IDR 300 thousand, a birth certificate of IDR 250 thousand, and a security guard training certificate of IDR 500 thousand.

The two suspects, he said, deliberately offered fake diplomas to people who wanted to get jobs with certain conditions.

"We have examined several people, and currently we are still tracking people who use their services", he said.

Since operating in 2019, said Zulham, both of them have made a profit of IDR 86 million.

"For how to order a fake diploma from the perpetrator, the victim simply calls the suspect BP. The victim only sends the desired name and title and there is no complete identity", he said.

As a result of their actions, the two suspects were charged with Article 35 in conjunction with Article 51 Paragraph (1) of Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions and or Article 263 in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code, with a threat of 12 years in prison.