Police Bring 3 Perpetrators Of Bank Riau Skimming Including Bulgarian Caucasians To Batam

One of the perpetrators of the VT skimming from Bulgaria was escorted by police officers at Hang Nadim Airport (ANTARA/Yude)

BATAM - The Riau Islands Regional Police Team brought three perpetrators of "skimming" (data theft using special tools) from Bank Riau Kepri to Batam, Riau Islands.

"There are three perpetrators, one foreign citizen from Bulgaria and two Indonesian citizens (WNI)", said the Director of the Special Criminal Investigation Unit of the Riau Islands Police, Commissioner Teguh Widodo, in Batam, quoted by Antara, Monday, May 23.

The three, namely VT from Bulgaria and JP and CC (male and female) are Indonesian citizens.

"The three perpetrators were arrested in Bali when they were about to cross into Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), on Saturday, May 21", said Teguh.

According to ANTARA's observations at Hang Nadim Airport, the three perpetrators were escorted by police officers wearing ordinary clothes and handcuffed.

When they left the arrival gate at the airport, they were immediately escorted by officers into a police car to the Riau Islands Police for further examination.

As previously reported, the three perpetrators were arrested on suspicion of "skimming" at Bank Riau Kepri Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) in several places in Batam City.

“At an ATM in the PriMart area, Tiban Center, officers found two 'skimmers' which were suspected to have been planted a few days earlier by the perpetrators. The results of the examination showed that two other ATMs were also installed with 'skimmer' devices, namely the ATM at HBC Plaza, Sekupang, and the ATM at the Match Center", said the Head of Public Relations of the Riau Islands Police, Commissioner Harry Goldenhardt.

From the results of "skimming", the perpetrators managed to get a profit of Rp. 800 million from the report of the Bank Riau Kepri Representative Team to the Integrated Police Service Center (SPKT) of the Riau Islands Police.