Police Arrest Hoax Spreader And Provoke Withdrawal Of Money At Bank Bukopin

Illustration (Photo: bukopin.co.id)

JAKARTA - The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has revealed a case of spreading fake news or hoaxes related to the financial condition of Bank Bukopin, BTN and Bank Mayapada that are not healthy. They even invite their customers to rush money or withdraw money on a large scale.

In this case, the police managed to secure two people with the initials AY and IS along with evidence of posting invitations to customers to withdraw money at the three banks. Both have been made suspects by the police.

Bareskrim's Director of Cyber Crime, Brigadier General Slamet Uliandi said, for suspect AY, he had the role of posting a narrative on his Twitter account @ Achamadyani.ay70 with the words 'who has deposits in Bukopin, BTN, Mayapada, hurry up and take everything from amsyong'.

With this post, the public became worried and believed the post. Thus, the customers of the three banks immediately withdrew their money.

"Starting with a police report regarding information that urged the masses to withdraw money as soon as possible. After being investigated, the perpetrator referred to the suspect with the initials AY. Then we arrested him in Jakarta on July 2," said Slamet in Jakarta, Friday, July 3.

Then, for IS suspects who were arrested in Malang, East Java, they had the same role in the struggle. This is because IS has posted an untrue narrative on its social media accounts.

In its upload, IS wrote that Bank Bukopin does not have cash to withdraw its customers' savings. In fact, IS does not know the exact conditions of the banking world in Indonesia.

"The perpetrators did not know exactly about the current condition of banking, so the news was categorized as hoax," said Slamet.

Just quibble

To the investigators, both of them admitted that they just posted the narrative for fun. This was obtained by the police from an intensive examination.

"The modus operandi used is in addition to uploading sentences and uploading videos, the motive is for fun," said Slamet.

In addition to that, they also admitted to posting the narrative to prevent the public from suffering losses. This is because during the current COVID-19 pandemic there is a possibility of riots like what happened in 1998.

"The two perpetrators were spreading provocative news that they withdrew money in several banks for immediate withdrawal due to the situation in 98. But after we clarified it to the suspects they also did not know the news," said Slamet.

Furthermore, Slamet emphasized that the two suspects were not related to any group or network. In this case, they only work alone with motives for fun and nothing else.

"The fun they have has a negative impact on the community if they do not check and recheck. There is no affiliation from any party and the fun is done," said Slamet.

For their actions, the two suspects were subject to Article 45 Paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 27 Paragraph 1 of Law Number 11 of 2008 as Article 14 paragraph 1 and / or 2 and / or Article 15 of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning ITE and / or Article 14 paragraph 1 and / or 2 and / or Article 15 of RI Law number 1 of 1946 concerning Criminal Law Regulations. The suspect faces a sentence of more than 5 years in prison.