Senen Police Arrest Syndicate Of LGBT Fraud Modes To Invite BO Through Dating Applications

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JAKARTA - The Senen Police have arrested five perpetrators of a fraud syndicate against LGBT victims through a dating application with a case in the Senen area, Central Jakarta.

The Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Senen Police, AKP Danang, explained that the five perpetrators were ER (18), RF (21), AA (20), ES (24) and MAR (16).

"The modus operandi of this fraudulent act is that victims are targeted by LGBT people, especially gay men, through a dating app," Danang told reporters at the Senen Police Station, Central Jakarta, as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, July 12.

Danang said, the perpetrators committed fraud by taking the victim's cell phone.

The five actors have their respective roles. MAR searches for victims through the application by having a conversation (chat)

with the victim first to be invited to a date (BO).

MAR then invites the victim to meet the pick-up location that has been prepared by RF.

"The RF arranges the pick-up and arranges the meeting location. So they are one group, then for AA the vehicle facility provider," said Danang.

The modus operandi was, after meeting the victim, MAR asked him to take a walk around the location first. After walking around, the perpetrator then borrowed the victim's cellphone.

After getting the victim's cellphone, the perpetrator pretended to take off his sandals and was accidentally thrown, so he asked the victim to get it.

"The modus operandi was that the perpetrator's sandals came off, as if they were deliberately flown in. Then he said please take his sandals, and then fled on a motorbike," said Danang.

Based on the investigation, the syndicate has carried out its actions four times in three months. The stolen cellphones were then sold by the perpetrators to be used for daily needs.

The police secured evidence in the form of a cellphone and a Yamaha Mio motorcycle belonging to the perpetrator. The case is still being investigated further.