JAKARTA - The Satreskrim of the Kroya Police have managed to secure H (44), a suspected perpetrator of gendams who often operate in a number of areas, starting from the Kroya sub-district, Kesugihan, Cilacap city, and the Banyumas area.
Cilacap Police Chief AKBP Eko Widiantoro through Wakapolres Kompol Suryo Wibowo said that the suspect's actions were known to the police after a report from S, a resident of Ayamalas Village, Kroya District.
Based on a release received by VOI, Friday, October 22, Eko explained that the incident began on Wednesday, September 29, at Jalan Ahmad Yani, Kroya Village, Kroya District, Cilacap Regency. At that time, said Eko, the victim was shopping at a supermarket when four people pretended not to know each other.
The four people, one of whom was H, pretended to ask the victim a seller of salted eggs in large quantities. The victim said he didn't know. Another perpetrator, RA, pretended to answer that he knew a seller of salted eggs in large quantities.
Not long after, the perpetrator RA invited the victim to participate in showing the salted egg seller to H with the lure that he would be given money from perpetrator H. Furthermore, Eko still explained, the victim was invited to the car that had been prepared by perpetrator R.
While in the car, H admitted that he was still a descendant of the king sultan from the kingdom of Malaysia. This confession was supported by perpetrator RA and perpetrator Y, who initially pretended not to know H. By kissing their hands, it was as if perpetrator H was really a descendant of the king.
Eko still tells, perpetrator H also claimed to be able to treat sick people, besides that he also claimed to be able to enrich someone and had the advantage of being able to read someone's fate. To convince the victim, perpetrator RA pretended to hand over Rp100 thousand to perpetrator H to be blessed so that his fortune would not be cut off and he could be rich.
The perpetrator RA then invited the victim to hand over the money he was carrying, and a number of gold bracelet jewelry he was wearing to perpetrator H. After that, the victim handed over Rp2,200,000, one 11 gram gold bracelet, and three rings weighing 5 grams to perpetrator H.
Perpetrator H then pretended to pray and gave a bottle of mineral water and asked the victim to sprinkle it in his house or shop, so that he could sell more and get rich quick.
After the prayers were finished, the money and jewelry that had been wrapped in black plastic were handed back to the victim, then the victim was lowered from his car. The group of perpetrators then left by car.
"The victim only realized when he was about to go home, feeling that he had been tricked. That's right, when he opened the money and jewelry that was in the small bag wrapped in black plastic, after opening it turned out that the money and gold bracelet had disappeared, replaced with a packet of wet tissue. and piles of paper," said the Deputy Chief of Police when revealing the case at the Cilacap Police Headquarters, Friday, October 22.
Based on the report, the Criminal Investigation Unit Team of the Kroya Police immediately conducted an investigation around the Kroya Market, and carried out a search around the shops to find the whereabouts of the perpetrators.
Arriving at Kedawung Village, the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Kroya Police Sector received information that someone with similar characteristics to the perpetrator was at an ATM. The Kroya Police Criminal Investigation Unit team immediately went to the BRI ATM Kedawung unit and immediately arrested suspect H.
"As a result of the interrogation, suspect H admitted that he and his three friends were perpetrators of fraud or gendam specialists," added the Deputy Chief of Police.
For his actions, suspect H was charged with Article 378 of the Criminal Code and or 372 of the Criminal Code with a maximum sentence of four years in prison. Meanwhile, the other perpetrators are still being chased by officers.
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