Two men arrested for luxury car frauds<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Police have managed to apprehend two men on
\nMonday for their alleged involvement in a series of luxury car
\nfrauds, City Police spokesman Lt. Col. Edward Aritonang told the
\nmedia on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Aritonang said the men were identified as Dimas Haryo
\nPamungkas, a former consultant who hailed from the Central Java
\ncity of Magelang, and Heru Kristianto, a resident of North
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
He told a media briefing that Dimas was arrested first at a
\nhotel in Central Jakarta on Monday, following a tip-off from the
\npublic about the fraud.<\/p>\n
\"Dimas then told police that he didn't work alone as he always
\nsold his stolen vehicles to Heru, who was nailed later with the
\nheld of Dimas,\" Aritonang said.<\/p>\n
During the preliminary investigation, the two suspects
\nadmitted to having stolen at least 18 luxury cars from various
\nrental companies in the period between August and early November.<\/p>\n
When asked how he carried out his alleged crime at the press
\nbriefing, Dimas admitted that he always operated his wrongdoings
\nfrom a notable hotel, pretending to be a wealthy traveling
\nbusinessman.<\/p>\n
From the hotel Dimas usually contacted a rental car company to
\nsend him a car with a driver for the whole day.<\/p>\n
\"I used to order luxury cars for my clients or my bosses,\"
\nsaid Dimas, who once worked as a consultant who had close
\nrelations with some big companies.<\/p>\n
Usually, after a day of touring from one building to another
\nin the city, Dimas then asked the driver to escort him to a
\ndiscotheque.<\/p>\n
\"I invited the driver to join me at the discotheque where I
\nmade him drunk before I left him there and fled away with the
\nrented car,\" Dimas said.<\/p>\n
Police have confiscated a BMW sedan, a Honda Accord Ciello and
\na Mercedes Benz sedan from Heru's place in Ancol in North
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
In his confession Dimas said that he was forced to carry out
\nthe crimes because some of his company's projects were canceled,
\nwhile on the other hand he had to feed his family and send his
\nchildren to school.<\/p>\n
However, Dimas refused to give details about his family,
\nsaying that what he had done was his own responsibility and
\nshould not be known to his children.<\/p>\n
Dimas, who admitted to have got at least Rp 5 million (US$660)
\nfor each of the thefts, said that it was easy to get buyers for
\nthe luxury cars.<\/p>\n
However, he said that he had to spare at least one third of
\nhis income for his next plan, especially for booking a hotel and
\nmaking downpayments with the rental company.<\/p>\n
Both Dimas and Heru were detained at city police for further
\ninvestigation. (emf)<\/p>",
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