SOLO - The Surakarta City Police Criminal Investigation Unit has processed a criminal case of fraud and embezzlement of bank bailout funds on Jalan Malabar Timur No 3 Mojosongo Solo, with a loss of Rp. 400 million.
"We have arrested a suspect in a case of fraud and embezzlement of bank bailout funds, with the initials TS (36), a resident of Gilingan Banjarsari Solo, who has been named a suspect and is in the process of further investigation," said Surakarta Police Chief Kombes Ade Safri Simanjuntak as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, July 13.
The police chief explained the case of fraud and embezzlement of money which was then made into a narrative by the suspect TS as a bailout at Bank Panin. However, this is fictitious only to trick the victims.
The police referred to the report of the victim with the initials NO (25), a resident of Mojosongo Jebres Solo, on June 14, 2022, regarding the criminal act of fraud and embezzlement of money committed by the suspect, called the bailout fund at Bank Panin and it was fictitious deliberately packaged to deceive the victim, then an investigation is carried out.
The Head of Police said that when the incident occurred on Jalan Malabar Timur No 3 Mojosongo Jebres Solo, on May 5, 2022, at around 13.00 WIB. Victims of NO suffered losses of up to Rp. 200 million and did not rule out other victims.
The police chief asked the public who felt they were victims of the action carried out by the suspect TS to immediately report to the Surakarta Police.
The police chief explained that the results of the investigation of suspect TS were also reported to other police stations, namely Sukoharjo and Karanganyar. For the total loss itself reported at the Surakarta Police, it reached Rp. 400 million from the two victims who reported it.
The suspect was then arrested at his home, on June 14, 2022, from the results of the investigation which was upgraded to an investigation and a case was held to determine the suspect TS.
The police chief said that the suspect's mode of action was to find potential victims first. The suspect then informed his victims that the suspect's husband worked at Bank Panin. However, from the results of the investigation, the suspect's husband works as a security at Bank Panin and is currently out of work.
The first suspect said the potential victims, her husband worked at Bank Panin. The two Panin Bank creditors who have tied up a credit or loan agreement, but have not paid it off or have not completed the installments need funds. However, this creditor wants to borrow again on the condition that the first loan must be repaid first and then can access the second loan.
To close this first loan, the suspect then offered his victims to deposit a sum of money with the promise of a profit of 10 percent of the funds per week to every three weeks. The suspect tricked the victim that her husband worked at Bank Panin.
The police also confiscated a number of evidences, including a bundle of bank statements, a BCA bank account book in the victim's name, the suspect's belongings from the proceeds of crime such as a house, and several household appliances, and the suspect's ATM card.
The suspect is charged with Article 378 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 372 of the Criminal Code concerning the Crime of Fraud and Embezzlement, the threat is imprisonment for four years.
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