Metro Police Arrest Nigerian Citizen Who Tricked Indonesian Citizens Up To IDR 2.4 Billion

Press jumps for Nigerian citizens who tricked Indonesian citizens up to Rp. 2.4 billion/photo: VOI

JAKARTA - Police arrested a male foreigner from Nigeria, UT, and his girlfriend, Wang, who is an Indonesian citizen, for a fraudulent case of borrowing money. In fact, the loss reached IDR 2.4 billion.

"There are 2 suspects in this case. First, the initials CS, which is a woman, the other initials UT, male, this is a Nigerian foreigner", said Head of Public Relations of the Metro Jaya Police, Commissioner E. Zulpan, to reporters, Wednesday, June 15.

This fraudulent action began when the suspect UT looked for potential victims on social media. Until finally, it was decided that someone with the initials PC was the target.

The suspect began to communicate with the victim on social media. Finally, the conversation between the two was more intense, and moved to the WhatsApp short message application.

In that conversation, the suspect UT admitted to being an American soldier. Then, he said he had money worth 2 million dollars.

However, it must be disbursed first. So, the suspect asked the victim for help to lend money.

To convince the victim, the suspect was lured by saying he would share 30 percent of the 2 million dollars. So, the victim obeyed the suspect.

"There was communication on social media and the perpetrator asked the victim for help to send money. It was agreed to send funds of up to IDR 2.4 billion", said Commissioner Zulpan.

In fact, UT's suspect was assisted by CS in making a play. They pretended that the 2 million dollars that had been disbursed were held by Customs.

They also asked the victim to give more money as a lubricant. However, the victim began to suspect that she had been duped. So, report the fraud case to the police.

"Here, the victim is aware of the fraud she has experienced. Then he reports to the police so that legal efforts are made to investigate and make arrests", said Commissioner Zulpan.

In this case, the two suspects are charged with Article 28 paragraph 1 junto Article 45 paragraph 1 of the Indonesian Law number 19 of 2016 concerning ITE with a maximum penalty of 6 years or a fine of IDR 1 billion and or Articles 3, 4, 5 of the Money Laundering Law number 8 of 2010 with a maximum penalty of 20 years and a maximum fine of IDR 10 billion and Article 378 with a maximum sentence of 4 years in prison.