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Police show evidence of money during the disclosure of the international fan purchase union disclosure at the National Police Headquarters, Jakarta, on Monday (09/07).
Indonesian police uncovered a case of alleged fraud in the purchase of a Covid-19 fan and monitor worth 58.8 billion Iraqi dinars involving an international union.
Three Indonesians with the initials SB, R and TP have been arrested in the alleged fraud case, while a foreigner with the initials DM is still declared a fugitive, a police officer said.
It was indicated that the alleged fraud was carried out by the international network Nigeria-Indonesia, using the mode Business email compromise or hijack email.
According to the police, this case was revealed after NCB Interpol Italia received information from NCB Interpol Indonesia about the alleged fraud in the purchase of a Covid-19 fan and monitor.
“Initially an Italian company dedicated to the implementation of health carried out purchase and sale transactions with Chinese companies,” said the Chief of Criminal Investigation of the National Police, Komjen Listyo Sigit Prabowo, at a press conference in Jakarta on Monday ( 09/07).
How is the mode?
Initially, an Italian company, Althea Italia, and a Chinese company, Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics, entered into a contract to buy and sell medical equipment for ventilators and COVID-19 monitors, it said.
Along the way, according to police findings, someone claimed to be the leader of the Italian company. You informed me of a change in the account number for the payment.
“… Then later in the message that came from the email, the payment account was changed using a bank in Indonesia,” Sigit said.
Image source, Hafidz Mubarak A / AMONG PHOTOS
Police show evidence of money during the disclosure of the international fan purchase union disclosure at the National Police Headquarters, Jakarta, on Monday (09/07).
Sigit explained that suspect S played a role as someone who claimed to be the Director of CV Shenzhen Mindray Bio Medical Electronics CO LTD and opened a holding account.
This company, according to Sigit, is a fictitious company that mimics the name of a Chinese medical device company, Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
Suspect R played a role, said he was pretending to be the Commissioner of Shenzhen Mindray Bio Medical Electronics, as well as playing a role in creating an account in the name of the fictitious company.
Meanwhile, suspect T played a role as the party taking care of all the administrative needs of the fictitious company CV Shenzhen Mindray Bio Medical Electronics, Listyo Sigit said.
“One (the perpetrator), brother B, a foreigner (foreigner) is currently being searched by a team of the Criminal Investigation Police,” he said.
The police then secured the money in an escrow account in a Sharia bank account worth IDR 56.8 billion, Sigit said.
“We caught it [tiga orang] perpetrators … that is, in Jakarta, Padang and then Bogor, “he added.
Cooperation between countries
The police finding indicated that the private bank that received the money transfer suspected a “suspicious transaction.”
At the same time, Italian police are also suspicious of the company’s alleged fraud in the country, Indonesian police said.
Sigit said that Interpol Indonesia later received information about Interpol Italia’s alleged criminal act of fraud.
It was said that thanks to the cooperation of the Indonesian police, Italian officials and PPATK, the case of fraud was finally discovered.
