The Ditressiber of the Polda Metro Jaya held a press conference to uncover an alleged fraud case involving crypto trading

progresifjaya co.id, JAKARTA – The Cyber Investigation Directorate (Ditressiber) of the Polda Metro Jaya has uncovered an alleged crypto trading fraud case. In this case, one victim suffered losses of up to Rp3 billion.

The Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya, Brigjen Pol Ade Ary explained in an official statement that, the perpetrators pretended to be from Digital Financial Asset Traders (PAKD). They then distributed links offering crypto trading to the public.

“Their modus operandi is online fraud. The perpetrators distributed the offer to the public in the form of an infographic via an Instagram link, which was then shared or posted on WhatsApp and Telegram,” said Brigjen Pol Ade Ary on Friday, (31/10).

In this case, he continued, one victim suffered substantial losses of up to Rp3 billion.

“One victim suffered losses of up to Rp3.050.000.000,” he added.

Meanwhile, Head of Sub-Directorate III of the Ditressiber of the Polda Metro Jaya, AKBP Raffles Langgak Putra in a statement to reporters stated that, three syndicate clusters were involved in this case.

The first syndicate cluster operated in Indonesia, with suspects RJ, LBK, and NRA, who were arrested by the Polda Metro Jaya in West Kalimantan. Their role was to find individuals whose names would be used to create accounts to hold the criminal funds.

“The Indonesian network sought nominees or figures from various regions in Indonesia to create individual accounts, limited liability company accounts, and crypto wallet accounts. They then sent mobile phones (along with SIM cards and registered emails), tokens, and account books to Malaysia,” said AKBP Raffles.

The Malaysian cluster syndicate then worked to hold the accounts containing the criminal funds. They also coordinated directly with the syndicate cluster located in Cambodia.

“They arranged the delivery route for all the online scam preparation tools to Cambodia. They also sold all accounts, both individual and limited liability companies, and crypto wallet accounts, to online fraud and online gambling syndicates in Cambodia,” he said.

Finally, there was the Cambodian cluster syndicate. This syndicate allegedly acted as executors, carrying out fraud against victims. They also employed people from other countries to be involved in the cases.

“They employed people from other countries as online fraud and online gambling operators. They also managed servers to carry out online fraud and online gambling activities using various methods, targeting victims from several countries,” said AKBP Raffles.

Head of Unit 4, Sub-Directorate 3, Ditressiber of the Polda Metro Jaya, AKP Achmad Fajrul Choir added, that his team is still pursuing other perpetrators involved. The Polda Metro Jaya are also coordinating with the Polri Headquarters’ International Relations Division and Interpol.

“We already have the names of those we plan to arrest. We are also coordinating with the Polri Headquarters’ International Relations Division and Interpol regarding our next steps. We will name the suspect and issue a wanted list,” said AKP Achmad Fajrul Choir.

The Ditressiber of the Polda Metro Jaya held a press conference to uncover an alleged fraud case involving crypto trading

Claiming to be a ‘Professor’ from the US

In his actions, AKBP Raffles continued, one perpetrator claimed to be a certified ‘professor’ from the United States from an Indonesian syndicate.

Based on this confession, the fake ‘professor’ then mentioned the stock market crash in June. He then asked the victim to switch to crypto investments until the victim believed him.

“The perpetrator conducted an experiment where when he stated that the stock would rise tomorrow, it actually did. This led the victim to believe that this ‘professor’ possessed this expertise,” said AKBP Raffles.

“Then, this ‘professor’ also stated that the stock market would crash in June. Therefore, victims were advised to immediately shift their investments to digital financial assets, more commonly known as crypto,” he added, emphasizing. (Bembo)