Police Raid Luxury Homes in East Jakarta, Related to Foreign Nationals Network Suspected of Committing Fraudsters

 

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Previously, the www.hukumindo.com platform has talk about "Contoh Perjanjian Penitipan Mobil", "Indonesian Police Reveal Wahyu Kenzo Trading Robot Fraud Scheme", you may read also "How to Open a Police Report in Indonesia?" and on this occasion we will discuss about 'Police Raid Luxury Homes in East Jakarta, Related to Foreign Nationals Network Suspected of Committing Fraudsters'.

A luxury house on Selat Batam Street, Duren Sawit, East Jakarta, was raided by a number of Police officers on Tuesday (4/4/2023). A resident and witness of the incident, Eni (33), revealed that the Police started coming to the house around 09.00 WIB (morning). Eni said that initially she saw several suspicious people standing in front of her residence, not far from the luxury home that was raided. Eni also asked her husband because they looked like people who were monitoring. "I see it's like a debt collector. Not long after, someone comes and calls, 'Brother, members can enter now,'" explained Eni, Wednesday (6/4/2023), as reported by Kompas.com.[1]

Not long after the man hung up, many cars immediately entered Eni's alley. "The third car that came with its crew turned out to be a group of Bareskrim (Criminal Investigation Agency). They got off, then used the welding machine that had a handyman to cut the lock on the fence of the luxury house," added Eni. After the fence was forced open, the Police raid took place. Moments later, Police brought out about 20 people who appeared to be foreign nationals. It was from there that Eni and other residents found out that the house was filled with quite a lot of people.[2]

Indonesian Police Statement

The Directorate of General Crimes (Dittipidum) of the National Police's Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) arrested 55 foreign nationals (foreigners) who were involved in the crime of fraud or international telecommunications fraud. The 55 foreigners were arrested for committing long-distance fraud from Indonesian territory. However, the victims are abroad. "55 of the foreign nationals, of which 50 are men and 5 are women," said the Director of General Crimes at Bareskrim Polri Brigadier General Djuhandani Rahardjo Puro in the Bareskrim Lobby, Police Headquarters, Jakarta, Wednesday (5/4/2023).[3]

One of the modes, the perpetrators offer the sale of electronic goods to victims. However, after the victim made the payment, the perpetrator did not send the goods. Djuhandhani said that during the course of the action, the perpetrators allegedly received profits of up to billions of rupiah every month.[4]

Because the victim was abroad, the Police could not carry out further investigations. "Because this crime scene is in Indonesia, but the victims are from Singapore, some are from Thailand, some are in China, and so far there have been no reports or we can get the victims directly based on their confessions," said Djuhandhani. In addition, Djuhandhani admitted that he still could not confirm the country of origin of the perpetrators of the fraud. This is because the 55 perpetrators could not show their passports as their national identity. Therefore, Djuhandhani said, his party had coordinated with the Immigration and International Relations (Hubinter) Police to establish communication and find out the country of origin of the perpetrators.[5]

"The next steps we will carry out because it is impossible for us to carry out further investigations, we will coordinate the next steps with immigration," he said. In that case, Bareskrim (Criminal Investigation Agency) investigators also confiscated a number of pieces of evidence, including 51 iPads, 68 cellphones, 7 laptops and 1 headset box. Investigators also ensnared the perpetrators with Law Number 11 of 2008 as amended to Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning ITE (Information and Electronic Transactions) and then Law Number 6 of 2011 concerning Immigration.[6] And if you have any legal issue in Indonesia territory, contact us then, feel free in 24 hour, we will be happy to assist you. 

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References:

1. "Polisi Gerebek Rumah Mewah di Duren Sawit, Warga Kaget Ternyata di Dalamnya Ada 20 Orang Diduga WNA", www.kompas.com., Diakses pada tanggal 7 April 2023, Link: https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2023/04/05/18525501/polisi-gerebek-rumah-mewah-di-duren-sawit-warga-kaget-ternyata-di

2. Ibid.

3. "Polri Tangkap 55 WNA Pelaku Penipuan Telekomunikasi Jaringan Internasional", www.kompas.com., Diakses pada tanggal 7 April 2023, Link: https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2023/04/05/20094251/polri-tangkap-55-wna-pelaku-penipuan-telekomunikasi-jaringan-internasional

4. Ibid.

5. Ibid.

6. Ibid.