BUKITTINGGI - The District Attorney for the City of Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, has detained three suspects in a fraudulent investment fraud case under the guise of investment in headscarves and mukena.
Head of the Intelligence Section of the Bukittinggi Kejari, Pengki Sumardi, said the three suspects were a woman with the initials RY (36) as the mastermind of the perpetrator and two men with the initials WR (28) and WH (28).
"They were entrusted to the Bukittinggi Penitentiary (Lapas) in Biaro after undergoing the administrative process and transferring cases from the Regional Police and the West Sumatra Prosecutor's Office," he said, Antara, Monday, January 30.
According to him, the three suspects still have family ties and act as investment assistants. The three of them are residents of Jorong Koto Hiduh, Ampek Angkek District, Agam Regency. The suspects have different roles in running the investment business.
As many as 140 people became victims with a loss of around Rp. 12.3 billion. "The alleged criminal act of fraud and embezzlement violates Article 372 in conjunction with 378 of the Criminal Code," he said.
Meanwhile, the victim's attorney, Muhhammad Nur Idris expressed his appreciation to the prosecutor's office for detaining the three suspects.
He said that this case had been rolling since August 2021 with the alleged fraudulent investment crime under the guise of mukena and scarves at Koto Holeh Ampek Angkek, Agam Regency.
"The suspect's mode of making investment offers for mukena and headscarf to be sold to Malaysia, they lured profits of 20 percent to 40 percent by showing photos of the management and delivery of mukena to Malaysia as well as various mukena stores at Aur Market Kuning Bukittinggi," he explained.
According to him, the victims of this fraudulent investment suffered losses ranging from Rp. 2 million to hundreds of millions of rupiah.
"With the detention of the three suspects, we will continue to oversee this case until a court decision is issued, we would like to express our appreciation to the investigators of the Regional Police and the ranks of the West Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office and Kajari Bukittinggi," he said.
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02 November 2024, 06:20