Two Foreigners From Russia And The Netherlands Break Into Accounts By Skimming, Earn IDR 30 Billion In One Year

Press conference on the case of account burglary by skimming at Polda Metro Jaya

JAKARTA - Polda Metro Jaya revealed a case of account burglary using skimming mode. The perpetrators are two foreign nationals (WNA).

"The skimming case was carried out by 2 foreigners and one Indonesian citizen", said the Head of Public Relations of the Metro Jaya Police, Kombes Yusri Yunus, to reporters, Wednesday, September 15.

The two foreigners are Vladimir Kasarski from Russia and Nikolay Georgiev from the Netherlands. Meanwhile, one Indonesian citizen, namely Rudi Wahyu.

In this skimming crime, said Yusri, the two foreigners played an important role. Both steal and duplicate customer data with blind cards.

"Stealing bank customer data using existing skimming. So there is a tool that he installs at the ATM to steal data, so every customer takes an ATM with his card and then with this tool customer data can be stolen", said Yusri.

The perpetrators' actions were revealed because some of their victims were customers of state-owned banks. The victims denied any withdrawal of funds from their accounts.

From the victim's complaint, the bank investigated it and it was found that the party conducting the transaction was not a customer. This matter was forwarded to the police.

"Starting from around last September, there were several customers from one of the state-owned banks who denied that there was a transaction in his account. So he denied that there had been a transaction in his account", said Yusri.

"Then after checking through CCTV on the ATM machine, it was found out that the transaction was not the owner himself", he continued.

After conducting an investigation, the police arrested the three perpetrators. Perpetrators have been committing crimes by skimming for a year.

"They admit that they have taken IDR 30 billion in one year", said Yusri.

The three suspects were charged with Article 30 paragraph 2 of the ITE Law, Article 6 with a threat of 7 years in prison Article 32 in conjunction with Article 48 of the Criminal Code. Then, Article 36 and Article 38 in conjunction with Article 51, Article 363 of the Criminal Code and 236 of the Criminal Code