Four people held for cyber crime

Four people held for cyber crime

YOGYAKARTA (JP): Yogyakarta Police announced here on Thursday
that they had arrested four people, three of them students, for
allegedly using other people's credit card numbers to purchase
goods through the Internet.

The provincial police economic crime intelligence unit's chief
Comr. Didi Y. Yasmin told a press conference here that 60 more
had been identified as such cyber criminals, who had been put on
the police's wanted list.

Didi identified the suspects as Pet, 23, Jouv 25, Hwa, 22, who
are students of two private universities, and businessman, Sim,
24.

The four, Didi said, could be charged with violating Article
362 of the Criminal Code for stealing, an offense that carries a
maximum sentence of five years in prison.

Didi said that Interpol had informed Yogyakarta Police that
they found a number of Yogyakarta people had purchased goods
using other people's credit card numbers.

"We had been monitoring many people, including the 60 now
blacklisted, because they had frequently received goods through
international packages. The four suspects were arrested
separately when collecting packages from abroad at Yogyakarta
Central Post Office," he said. He did not disclose when the
arrests were made.

"The suspects allegedly used many nicknames when purchasing
the goods. But we identified them because they wrote their
complete addresses. Besides, we managed to trace the Internet
cafes where they had ordered the purchase," said Didi.

Several citizens of various countries, including Germany,
Finland, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States, reported
to the Interpol that their credit card number had been used for
online shopping in Indonesia. Some of the con artists were in
Yogyakarta, he added.

Didi said that the four suspects were not detained for fear
that the detention period -- 24 hours after they were arrested --
would expired before the police collected adequate evidence to
complete the charges.

"But, they promised not to escape and agreed to report to the
police once a week."

Police have also confiscated 17 (international) packages from
the post offices as evidence. The packages include dozens of 3D
eyeglasses, astronomical telescopes, golf clubs, photographic
equipment, car spare parts, and some electronic goods. (23)