Batulicin, S Kalimantan (ANTARA) - Tanah Bumbu Resort Police have caught four "online" fraudsters who had been troubling local residents.
Police Chief Adj Sr Comr (AKBP) Kus Subiyantoro in Batulicin said Thursday that the perpetrators deceived their victims by distributing "short message service" (SMS) randomly on behalf of a bank.
"With the dissemination of the sms, there were several victims who believed, then the perpetrators asked for the token or the bank code belonging to the victim, so their account collapsed," he said.
So far one Tanah Bumbu resident has been a victim of fraud with a loss of Rp229 million.
The police are still continuing to develop, and coordinating with the South Sumatra Regional Police, because the perpetrators are residents there and there are currently eight people on the DPO (most wanted list).
Chief Unit of Criminal Investigation of Tanah Bumbu Police Adj Comr (AKP) Alfian Tri Permadi added, the perpetrators will be subject to Article 45 of the Criminal Code with the threat of a six-year prison sentence.
"This is the biggest 'online' fraud case ever handled by the Tanah Bumbu Police and this case will be investigated to completion until our DPOs are arrested," he said.
