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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
Criminal Investigation Agency (Criminal Investigation Unit) The National Police explained the modality of the alleged fraud Grip tent to attract potential buyers to the site. The suspect offers a wide variety of electronic products at very cheap prices.
Cybercrime director (Dirtipidsiber) Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Slamet Uliandi, said that products offered at low prices were not shipped to buyers after the transaction took place.
So far, there have been at least 980 people who have been the victims of fraud with a total loss of IDR 17 billion.
“Only nine customers received the ordered items. And the nine items that were shipped to customers were actually purchased by the perpetrators at ITC at normal prices,” Slamet said in an official statement, on Tuesday (1/12).
He said that the owner of Grab Toko, Yudha Manggala Putra, was managing the site which was the beginning of the fraud of the online buying and selling platform using hosting from abroad. Slamet said the site was managed by a third party.
“The perpetrator asked a third party for help to create an online shopping website. This website is also known for using overseas hosting,” Slamet said.
To run the Grab Toko, Yudha, who was named a suspect, rented an office in the Kuningan area of South Jakarta. There he has six employees who serve as customer service.
Employees were hired to respond to customers who complained that the ordered products did not arrive.
“All six customer services are equipped with a laptop by the perpetrator, which was obtained by renting it to someone else,” Slamet said.
From the results of the investigation so far, Slamet said the suspect is strongly suspected of having invested the proceeds of his crime in cryptocurrencies.
Regarding the investment, the Police have investigated the suspicion of money laundering.
The layered suspicion trap for Yudha is article 28 paragraph (1) together with article 45A paragraph (1) of the ITE Law and article 378 of the Penal Code and article 82 and article 85 of Law Number 3 of 2011 on Transfer of Funds .
He also faces a maximum prison sentence of six years and a maximum fine of 1 billion rupees.
For information, the case was revealed after the police detained PT Grab Toko Indonesia chief Yudha Manggala Putra. The arrests were made on Saturday (1/9) around 20.00 WIB in the vicinity of Kebayoran Baru, in South Jakarta.
During the arrest, the police obtained various pieces of evidence in the form of electronic items and various identities of the suspect.
(mjo / child)
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