Ciputat Man Sells Showroom Cars to Fund Online Gambling and Pay Off Loan Sharks
A man with the initials FL (28) has been arrested by police after being reported for alleged embezzlement to the East Ciputat Police. FL secretly pawned vehicle registration certificates (BPKB) and sold several showroom cars entrusted to him by a business partner.
The case began when FL partnered with his colleague, FS, in a used car trading business at a showroom on Jalan WR Supratman, Cempaka Putih, East Ciputat, South Tangerang. Under a verbal agreement, FS acted as the investor while FL managed the showroom’s daily operations.
As an investment, FS stored several of his vehicles at the showroom to be sold. However, over time, FL, who was trusted to run the showroom, instead embezzled the victim’s cars.
“The reported party embezzled four vehicle BPKBs for business capital (inventory funding), with the victim’s total losses amounting to approximately Rp 900 million,” said East Ciputat Police Chief, Kompol Bambang Askar Shodiq, in a statement on Saturday (13/6/2026).
The four vehicles whose BPKBs were pawned were a Honda CR-V Prestige, a Nissan Grand Livina, a BMW F30, and a Toyota Rush. The embezzlement occurred between August and September 2025.
“Because FS lives in Andara while the showroom is in Ciputat, FS rarely checked in or conducted supervision,” he said.
In short, FL was unable to redeem the pawned BPKBs of the victim’s cars. He then brazenly sold two of the victim’s vehicles.
“Between September and December 2025, because he could not redeem the BPKBs for those cars, the perpetrator sold two units along with the victim’s vehicle registration and BPKB to redeem the BPKBs from the leasing company,” he explained.
“All this time, whenever the victim asked where the BPKBs were, the perpetrator would make excuses that the documents were still being processed administratively and that the cars were at the workshop,” he added.
The case only came to light after the victim checked on his vehicles at the showroom in December 2025. The perpetrator then admitted that he had pawned the BPKBs and sold the victim’s cars.
The victim subsequently reported the matter to the East Ciputat Police. FL was then arrested by the Criminal Investigation Unit.
“From his confession and the results of tracing the cash flow, the money was used for online gambling and to pay instalments on illegal online loans,” he concluded.