Bodong Arisan Tricks Up To IDR 5 Billion, Hundreds Of Rejang Lebong Residents Are Inflamed

Illustration of rupiah money due to a bogus social gathering. (Pixabay)

BENGKULU - Hundreds of residents of Rejang Lebong Regency, Bengkulu Province, became victims of a fake social gathering carried out by one of the residents of the area with a loss value of Rp. 5 billion.

"So far, there has never been a traffic jam, but yesterday it started to jam because this admin opened an over-slot social gathering," said Indra, one of the victims of the fraudulent social gathering when reporting to the Rejang Lebong Police, quoted from Antara, Thursday, June 30.

He explained, of the hundreds of residents who became victims of this social gathering, dozens of people had reported to the Rejang Lebong Police with a loss value of each ranging from Rp. 5 million to Rp. 20 million.

Indra admits that he has been participating in the social gathering for 3 years whose admin is known to have the initials Bu, a resident of Karang Anyar Village, East Curup District, Rejang Lebong Regency, with a range ranging from a deposit of IDR 5 million, IDR 10 million, IDR 15 million and IDR 20 million.

From that deposit within a few months he can receive up to 2 times the funds and even more depending on the promotion given by the admin who has now fled the area.

The victims of this fraudulent social gathering, he said, numbered more than 300 people who were members of the WA group with a total loss of Rp. 5 billion, of which they were not only from Rejang Lebong Regency but also from other areas in Bengkulu, including TKI.

Meanwhile, the Rejang Lebong Police Chief AKBP Tonny Kurniawan through the Criminal Investigation Unit AKP Sampson Sosa Hutapea confirmed that some victims had reported this incident to the Rejang Lebong Police Headquarters.

"We have received reports from the victims, we are currently investigating the reports of these victims to find out the mode and how much the actual loss was," said AKP Sampson Sosa Hutapea.

Based on the results of the examination of several victims, he said, they were previously lured by Mrs. As a result, some of the victims who initially benefited from inviting other residents up to 320 people, where the estimated total loss calculated by the temporary investigator is Rp 2 billion.

For this reason, his party will open a complaint post to make it easier for victims to report and facilitate data collection on the amount of losses.