Pretending To Be A Car Rental Partnership, This Woman Turns Out To Have Embezzled Dozens Of Cars From Fortuner To Xpander And Then Mortgaged Them

Suspect of embezzlement of dozens of cars (ANTARA)

\PEKALONGAN - Pekalongan City Police, Central Java, uncovered cases of embezzlement of 11 cars. The police arrested a female suspect with the initials R alias WS (26), a resident of Gemuh District, Kendal Regency.

Pekalongan City Police Chief AKBP Wahyu Rohadi said that the mode used by the suspect was to rent a car belonging to a resident of Krapyak Village, North Pekalongan District.

The case, he said, began with the suspect's introduction to the victim in January 2021. The victim, who was in the car rental business, was persuaded by the suspect with the lure of collaborating with rental services.

"Initially, the payment for several units of the vehicle rented by the suspect was normal, so the suspect added a number of cars he borrowed up to a total of 11 units. However, from the end of August 2021 to September 2021 the payment for car rentals was jammed and the global positioning system (GPS) was deactivated," said AKBP Wahyu quoted by Antara, Thursday, October 14.

He said that with these indications, the victim felt suspicious so he tried to check the whereabouts of several other cars rented by the suspect whose GPS was still active.

"However, it turns out that the cars have been pawned to other people. Every car is pawned with varying prices, ranging from tens of millions to tens of millions of rupiah," he continued.

The police chief said that based on the results of the investigation, the police then arrested the suspect at a boarding house in Randugunting, South Tegal District, Tegal City, Friday, October 8.

At the time of the arrest of the suspect, he said, the police secured 8 units of cars consisting of 2 units of Mitsubishi Xpander, 1 Toyota Innova Reborn, 1 unit of Toyota Yaris, 2 units of Honda Brio, 1 unit of Honda Mobilio, and 1 unit of Toyota Fortuner.

"We are still looking for three other cars. As a result of his actions, the suspect will be subject to Article 372 or 378 of the Criminal Code on Fraud and Embezzlement with a maximum penalty of four years in prison," said AKBP Wahyu.