Irregularities in West Jakarta Accountant's 'Mugging' Case Revealed as Fabrication
An accountant, a man with the initials AC, fabricated a police report about a robbery in Cengkareng, West Jakarta. AC admitted making the false report in order to claim insurance so that his laptop instalments would be stopped.
AC claimed to have lost a Lenovo Legion laptop worth Rp 27.3 million after it was seized by a mugger. However, it later emerged that AC’s report was false.
AC was never robbed. He deliberately filed a false report with the police in order to claim insurance, so that the laptop instalments he had been paying for five months would be considered settled.
“The laptop was worth around Rp 27.3 million and only about five instalments had been paid. On the basis of the police report stating that he was a robbery victim, the reporter intended to submit a claim to the financing company so that the laptop instalments could be stopped,” said the Head of the Mobile Investigation Unit of the West Jakarta Metro Police Criminal Investigation Department, AKP George Ruben AY, in a statement on Saturday (25/7/2026).
During questioning at the police station, AC admitted that he had fabricated the robbery story because he felt burdened by the laptop instalments.
“The main motive was to obtain an insurance claim so that he would no longer be burdened by the laptop instalments,” he said.
Irregularities in the report
AC’s fabrication came to light after police noticed a number of irregularities. Firstly, the laptop he claimed had been seized by robbers turned out to be at a service centre.
“The laptop was never stolen; it was in fact at a service centre in the Mangga Dua area undergoing repairs,” said the Head of the Mobile Investigation Unit of the West Jakarta Metro Police Criminal Investigation Department, AKP George Ruben AY, in a statement on Friday (24/7/2026).
This fact was corroborated by service receipt documents and proof of purchase verified by investigators.
In his report, AC also claimed to have suffered a stab wound to his left arm while resisting the perpetrator. However, upon further investigation, it turned out that AC had deliberately injured himself in order to convince police that he had been robbed.