Boys arrested over cyber crimes

Mon, 09 Apr 2001, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

SEMARANG, Central Java: Semarang Police arrested two boys on
Sunday and seized evidence in connection with illegal
transactions they allegedly conducted on the internet, Antara
reported.

Semarang Police chief Snr. Comr. Halba R. Nugroho said the two
suspects, identified as Reza, 18 and Wahyu, 17, both residents of
East Kauman subdistrict, were nabbed at a courier agency in the
city.

Halba said the two boys were using random credit card account
numbers to pay for their transactions at the Australian shopping
site www.oakley.com.

There were at least seven transactions for backpacks, three
for hats and seven for branded sunglasses over the last three
months. The total purchases were worth millions of rupiah.

Halba said that initially police received reports from the
courier agency complaining that the teenagers were unable to pay
the tax and administration charges on their packages.

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