Banyumas Police Detains Motorcycle Embezzlement Suspect

PIXABAY ILLUSTRATION

PURWOKERTO - The Criminal Investigation Unit (Satreskrim) of the Banyumas City Police (Polresta), Central Java, has detained a suspect in a criminal case of fraud and/or motorcycle embezzlement.

"We are also still developing the case with suspect AN (28), a resident of North Purwokerto District by looking for a colleague of the suspect with the initials AD," said Banyumas Police Chief Kombes Edy Suranta Sitepu, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, March 1.

The case began when AN, who had previously slept for 10 days at his friend's house, Novan (20), a resident of the Subdistrict of Donor, Banyumas, borrowed a Beat motorcycle along with a helmet and one unit of Novan's Iphone 6S smartphone.

According to him, this was done by AN with the excuse of buying a smart phone with cash on delivery (COD) at Wage Market, Purwokerto.

However, after getting the loan items, he said, AN never returned them to Novan.

In fact, he said, the victim had tried to find the suspect at his house. However, he got information that AN never came home.

"As a result of this incident, the victim suffered a loss estimated at Rp. 19.7 million, so she reported it to the SPKT (Integrated Police Service Center) of the Contributing Police, Banyumas Police," said the Chief of Police.

Meanwhile, Kasatreskrim Kompol Berry said the victim on Sunday (27/2) received information about the whereabouts of the perpetrators in Karangnanas Village, Sokaraja District, Banyumas.

On the basis of this information, he said, the victim, with the help of his friend, managed to secure AN and take him to the Contributing Police Sector to undergo an examination.

"From the results of the examination, AN admitted that he had sold the victim's motorbike and smartphone by uploading it to a buying and selling forum on Facebook through a friend with the initials AD who is currently still being searched. The motorbike was sold for Rp. 4.5 million, while The Iphone 6S smartphone was sold at a price of Rp. 1 million," he said.

Based on the suspect's confession, the money from the sale of motorcycles and smartphones has been used up for personal needs.

According to him, a certificate from a finance company in Purwokerto which was held by the victim has been secured for further investigation.

"Until now, we are still searching for the victim's motorbike and smartphone. Meanwhile, the perpetrators are subject to Article 378 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 372 of the Criminal Code with a maximum penalty of 4 years in prison," said Kompol Berry.