Hoping To Get Billions Of Residents In Sleman Tricked Out, Deposit Of US$130,000 Then Locked In Room

YOGYAKARTA - Mocked by a gang of fraudsters, residents in Sleman, DIY, cheated completely. His intention was to borrow billions of dollars, the victim even lost more than one hundred thousand dollars.

Wadirreskrimum Polda DIY AKBP Kayuswan Tri Panungko explained that the modus operandi of the gang of perpetrators was to incite soft loans to victims with a return of only about 50 percent of the total loan.

"It means that the perpetrator gave a loan to the victim of Rp. 14 billion and the victim only returned 6 billion within a period of 4 years," explained AKBP Kayuswan, quoted from a written statement, Wednesday, August 23.

This incident began at the end of May 2023, when the perpetrators with the initials KSW, SRD and SRY visited the victim's place of business. The perpetrator offered a loan without collateral

"As proof of seriousness, the victim must prepare 130,000 USD in cash (equivalent to Rp2 billion)," said Kayuswan.

To convince the victim, the perpetrators of SRD and KSW showed examples of hundreds of thousands of money in uncut printed conditions.

"So that the victim becomes confident and believes," continued Kayuswan.

On June 8, 2023, the gang of perpetrators shared their duties. The perpetrators of SRD and OK accompanied the victim at one of the boarding houses in Condongcatur, Depok, Sleman. At the same time, the other two perpetrators KSW and SRY waited in the parking area.

The victim and her husband, who had brought 130,000 USD in cash, were asked by SRD perpetrators to put their money on the table.

The perpetrator said the money promised as a loan was in the room.

Without being suspicious, the victim and her husband immediately entered the room shown by the perpetrator to calculate the loan money.

"After the victim and her husband and the witness entered the room, OK perpetrator immediately closed the door of the room from outside and immediately took the victim's 130,000 USD with a motorbike," said AKBP Kayuswan.

After the incident, the victim immediately reported to the Yogyakarta Regional Police. The perpetrators who were caught were charged under Article 378 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 372 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 363 paragraph 1 to 4e in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code with a threat of 4 years in prison.