Housewife nearly loses life savings<\/p>\n
A Bekasi housewife who believed a man could magically multiply
\nher money, narrowly avoided losing her life savings when the
\nmagician hypnotized her in a bank and attempted to escape.<\/p>\n
Dewi Rahmayati, 40, from Pondok Hijau, told Bekasi Police that
\nan acquaintance called Iskandar had promised he could turn her
\nmillions to billions. She couldn't resist the deal that seemed to
\ngood to be true.<\/p>\n
Iskandar asked Dewi to meet a man called Rosyid at the Bunga
\nKarang Hotel in Bekasi where she was to present him with Rp 20
\nmillion in denominations of Rp 50,000, Antara reported.<\/p>\n
After meeting Rosyid, he asked her to change the Rp 50,000
\nbanknotes to Rp 100,000 at a BCA bank branch near the Bekasi bus
\nterminal. As the bank did not have enough Rp 100,000 notes, they
\nwent to another BCA branch three kilometers west of the bus
\nterminal.<\/p>\n
Police, in a statement, said that upon arrival at the branch,
\nRosyid hypnotized his victim and convinced her to take a pedicab
\nback to the Bunga Karang Hotel while he promised to take a taxi
\nto the same hotel.<\/p>\n
Unluckily for Rosyid, Dewi's brother Satimin had been
\nfollowing on him motorcycle and when he saw Rosyid had bypassed
\nthe hotel he gave chase.<\/p>\n
As Rosyid's taxi waited to pass the Bekasi Barat toll gate,
\nSatimin caught up and, with the help of a group of witnesses,
\nmanaged to detain the fraudster till police arrived.<\/p>\n
Iskandar is still on the run. --JP<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/housewife-nearly-loses-life-savings-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }