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The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has uncovered an online fraud case under the guise of trading crypto stocks and currencies by international syndicates or networks. The value of the loss due to this mode reached Rp105 billion.
“The number of losses from dozens of people (victims) reached Rp105 billion,” said Director of Cyber Crime at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency Brigadier General Himawan Bayu Aji to reporters, Wednesday, March 19.
In this case, three people were named as suspects. They have the initials AN, MSD, and WZ who have different roles.
For suspect AN, he played a role in making companies and nominee accounts for money laundering from fraud. Then, MSD is tasked with finding people to create crypto exchange accounts and bank accounts in Medan.
Meanwhile, the suspect WZ acts as the coordinator of the creation of crypto nominee accounts and companies that accommodate victims’ funds.
Himawan added that his party is still developing other possible suspects. The police have also coordinated with Interpol to issue a Red Notice against foreign national actors suspected of being involved in this network.
“We have also named two other suspects as DPOs, namely AW and SR. For foreign national actors, we have collaborated with the Divhubinter Polri and Interpol to immediately issue a Red Notice,” he said.
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Regarding the modus operandi, the perpetrators offer big profits through trading shares and cryptocurrencies on Facebook social media. If anyone is interested, then they will be directed to communicate via the WhatsApp application.
In that conversation, the perpetrators used the mode of providing trading training. They introduced three trading platforms, JYPRX, SYIPC, andLEEDXS.
“The three platforms were used as mere guises to trick victims,” he said.
So far, about 90 people have been victims of this mode. In fact, it is possible that the number will continue to grow.
“Currently, the number of victims has reached 90 and it is estimated that it will still increase. The victims are scattered in several areas, with the highest number in Jakarta, Surabaya, Medan and Makassar,” said Himawan.
The suspects were charged with Article 45A paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 28 paragraph (1) of Law no. 1 of 2024 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE), with a maximum penalty of 6 years in prison. Then, Article 378 of the Criminal Code concerning fraud in conjunction with Articles 3, 4, 5, and 10 of Law no. 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering (TPPU) in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.
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