Hundreds Of People Disappointed Because Savings Ahead Of Eid Al-Fitr Did Not Come Out, Because The Money Was Used For This Man's Foya-foya

Suspects of fraud and embezzlement of Safitri savings/ Photo; Doc. Pekalongan Police

PEKALONGAN PEKALONGAN Unit Reskrim Polres Pekalongan mengamankan seorang pelaku penipuan dan penggelapan dana yang jumlahnya mencapai ratusan juta rupiah.

HM (29), a resident of Podo Village, Kedungwuni District, Pekalongan Regency, is a suspect in a case of fraud and embezzlement of money belonging to 150 residents. The mode used by HM is to make Safitri, which can be used by customers during Eid al-Fitr.

Pekalongan Police Chief AKBP Dr. Arief Fajar Satria explained, previously on April 8, 2023 150 residents came to the Karangdadap Police in the middle of the night. They reported fraud and embezzlement related to Safitri Savings.

"Some are daily, weekly, some are in the form of basic necessities which will be distributed before Eid al-Fitr. The 150 victims came to the Sector Police and demanded HM because until the Eid al-Fitr there was none, where in the past they were promised that the victims would receive basic necessities and Eid packages, but until approaching Eid, it turned out that there was none," explained the Police Chief in a written statement received by VOI, Friday, April 14.

The activity of procuring savings was initially carried out by the suspect's mother from 2018 to 2023.

"Initially it went smoothly, and in March 2022 the savings funds were handed over to their children (HM) to be placed in a bank and will be taken before the holiday to be distributed to people who take part in Safitri's activities in Pangkah Karangdadap Village," explained AKBP Arief.

However, in practice, the suspect did not deposit the savings, which should have been put into one of the banks in Kedungwuni. The suspect did not enter the savings through the system but in the savings book only through handwriting.

Knowing the information related to the employee, the bank then conducted an examination. As a result, there is a difference between what is written in the savings book transaction and what is recorded in the system, because the deposit of savings from the member is not a suspect in depositing it to the bank office, but is used for the benefit of a personal suspect.

The total proceeds of the crime committed by the suspect amounted to Rp969,822,000. The evidence that was successfully secured were one housing unit, Rp196,950,000 in cash, 1 camera, 3 Kedungwuni branch BTM savings, 2 Xiaomi brand android TV units, 6 mobile phones, 2 folding bicycles, 1 refrigerator, 1 washing machine, 1 planting gas stove, 1 child's car remote, 20 children's toys and an Asus brand laptop.

"We will continue to develop all evidence related to criminal acts, we have also confiscated the house and then we will determine the suspect for further investigation," added the Police Chief.

For his actions, the suspect was charged with Article 372 of the Criminal Code or 378 of the Criminal Procedure Code with a maximum penalty of 4 years in prison.