Investigating Allegations Of IPhone Reseller Fraud, Police Collaborate With PPATK

JAKARTA Following up on reports of a number of victims of alleged iPhone reseller fraud, the police took the Financial Analysis and Transaction Report Center (PPATK).

"We will coordinate with PPATK regarding this," said Deputy Head of Criminal Investigation Unit Kompol Hendrikus Yossi Hendrata to reporters at the South Jakarta Metro Police, Wednesday, June 7.

Meanwhile, Public Relations of PPATK M Natsir Kongah has ordered the Financial Prosecutor (PJK) of the Bank to temporarily suspend the transaction of the Twins, RA and R to break the chain of the alleged fraud case.

"It is known that RA and RI carried out significant cash transactions whose source of funds allegedly came from the fraud they committed. The mode of cash transactions is indicated to break the chain of transactions and complicate tracking," he concluded.

Previously, it was reported that as many as 5 police reports were received by the South Jakarta Metro Police regarding the iPhone reseller fraud with the reported initials RA. Meanwhile, at the South Tangerang Police (Tangsel) there were 6 reports of the same case.

Deputy Head of Criminal Investigation Unit, Kompol Hendrikus Yossi Hendrata, said the total loss from the 5 reports was up to IDR 1 billion (South Jakarta area). They, the victims, were deceived by a similar mode.

"It varies, some are hundreds of millions, some are above 1 billion, varying. If what is reported at the South Jakarta Police, the reported is RA. In the five reports, RA reported them," Hendrikus told reporters at the South Jakarta Metro Police, Wednesday, June 7.