Jembrana Bali Residents Fooled In Bank Lottery Mode With OTP Codes, Losing Money IDR 798 Million

The press conference for online fraud cases at the Jembrana Bali Police, Sunday (5/2/2023). ANTARA/HO-Polres Jembrana.

JEMBRANA - Jembrana Police, Bali uncovered an online fraud case by arresting a suspect with the initials EJS. The perpetrators used the gift trick mode from one of the state-owned banks.

"The victim suffered a loss of more than IDR 700 million. From our investigation, we arrested the perpetrators in South Sumatra," said Jembrana Police Chief I Dewa Gde Juliana, Sunday, February 5.

The police pursued the perpetrators after receiving a report from the victim, a resident who lives in Banjar Tengah Village, Negara District, Jembrana.

To the police, the victim reported that the balance in his account was reduced by more than IDR 798 million, after following instructions from someone who claimed to be a bank employee and won the lottery.

Next, the perpetrator asked the victim to send the OTP code (one-time password) which was sent to the victim to the perpetrator's cellphone number.

"After sending the code, the victim suddenly received a notification from the bank that there was a transfer transaction from his account," said Police Chief Juliana.

According to him, there were recorded two transfer transactions out of his account with a value of more than IDR 499 million and IDR 299 million respectively.

Knowing that his account balance had decreased, Hendrik reported the incident to the bank and the Jembrana Police.

Juliana revealed that the suspect EJS was arrested while at his parents-in-law's house in Tanjung Kodok Village, Tulung Selapan District, Ogan Komering Ilir Regency, South Sumatra.

Together with the perpetrators, the police secured a number of pieces of evidence, including a Mitsubishi Pajero Sport Dakar car and three mobile phones used by the perpetrators to carry out the action.

Eko admitted to the police that it was he who contacted the victim on January 2 and told the victim that he had won the bank lottery.

While carrying out online fraudulent actions since 2019, the perpetrators managed to get money from the accounts of their victims in the amount of IDR 1.7 billion.

The suspect Eko was charged with multiple articles, namely article 3 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Laundering

Money.

Then article 46 paragraph (3) yo article 30 paragraph (3) and article 51 paragraph (2) yo article 36 Republic of Indonesia Law Number 11 of 2008 which has been amended by RI Law Number 19 of 2016 Concerning Information and Transactions

Electronic.

Finally, the perpetrator who used the fraudulent money to buy this luxury car was also charged with Article 378 of the Criminal Code.