This Is The Story Of The Beginning Of A Young Man With The Named Olivia Until The Money Was Lost By Rp587 Million

West Java Police Public Relations Head Kombes Police Ibrahim Tompo (center)/DOK ANTARA

The Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation of the West Java Regional Police uncovered cases of online fraud that have cross-border or international networks. One perpetrator was arrested. "The West Java Police have succeeded in uncovering international online network fraud crimes with perpetrators reaping hundreds of millions of rupiah of money belonging to the victim," said Head of Public Relations of the West Java Police, Kombes Ibrahim Tompo when releasing the case at the West Java Police Headquarters, Bandung, Antara, Wednesday, July 26. Director of the Special Criminal Investigation of the West Java Police, Kombes Deni Okvianto, said that this case was revealed after the victim with the initials L reported to the West Java Regional Police because he had lost up to Rp587 million due to being deceived by the perpetrators. The mode used by the perpetrator is by pretending to be a woman with Olivia's name and approaching the victim who is a man via social media Facebook in May 2023. The conversation continues to WhatsApp. "So, the victim became acquainted with the suspect through Facebook with Olivia's name. The perpetrator pretended to be a woman named Olivia on social media. After the victim was interested, communication became more intense and continued to WhatsApp and was offered a job that was claimed to be very profitable," said Deni. After the victim was interested, the perpetrator ordered the victim to enter a number of sites selling goods and was asked to click on the sign of liking these products. The perpetrator also offered the victim an online investment with the promise of multiple profits. "After being close and the victim interested, the perpetrator offered an investment in stages from Rp. 1.5 million to Rp. 150 million through an application that is now off. There were transactions in stages and the number continued to increase until the victim suffered a loss of Rp. 587 million," said Deni. After the victim reported the case, investigators conducted an investigation through a transaction account between the victim and the perpetrator until finally one of the suspects with the initials FJ was arrested in Kopo, Bandung City. "This FJ acts as a Mandarin translator and prepares documents, accounts, and ATMs and has also communicated with the victim several times. Meanwhile, the main perpetrator who is the mastermind of this fraud is in Cambodia. So, this is an international network," he said. Based on the results of the investigation of the case, said Deni, the suspects ordered a number of people to create a predetermined bank account. Then a number of these people were given a salary of Rp. 500 thousand on condition that they provide account books, ATMs, and M-banking. "So, the transaction is directly with the suspects in Cambodia through these accounts," he said. Deni also stated that his party had coordinated and asked Interpol for help in pursuing other suspects in Cambodia.

"Other suspects in Cambodia may also be Indonesians there because FJ has the main role only as a translator and prepare documents," he added. As a result of his actions, the suspect FJ was charged with Article 35 in conjunction with Article 51 paragraph (1) and/or Article 28 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 45A paragraph (1) of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Amendments to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE), with the threat of a sentence of 12 years in prison.