1 Person Becomes A Suspect After Using The 94 Nasabah Fund Skimming Method At Bank Kalsel

BANJARMASIN - Investigators of the Sub-Directorate V Tipidsiber of the Special Criminal Investigation Directorate of the South Kalimantan Police have named one suspect in the Bank Kalsel ATM skimming case which resulted in 94 customers' funds reaching Rp1.9 billion."As a result of the case title, one person has been named a suspect," said Head of Public Relations of the South Kalimantan Police Kombes Mochamad Rifa'i in Banjarmasin, Antara, Monday, September 5.Even so, Rifa'i is not willing to reveal the identity of the suspect for reasons of investigation. Because the development process continues to be carried out by investigators and it is possible that there are other perpetrators who will also be named as suspects."This case continues to grow, so when everything is finished, we will convey it clearly and completely," explained Rifa'i.In an effort to uncover skimming crimes at the location of the automated teller machine (ATM) belonging to Bank Kalsel, the police have worked extra hard. Even investigators conducted searches from Manado, Jakarta, Sukabumi to Bali.The police detected allegations of flow of funds to several regions in Indonesia, so that is why it is necessary to deepen the disclosure of cases whose modus operandi is quite sophisticated.Moreover, the alleged "skimming" tool found in this case is installed on the internet network cable. Its position is installed on the LAN cable (local area network), a kind of router to connect the device to the internet network. Unlike the "skimming" tool with the card scan method that has occurred in previous cases.For this reason, in order to find out the mechanism and how the tool works, investigators are still investigating it by involving experts from the Police Forensic Laboratory.