Modus Posing as Export Fish Supplier, Perpetrator Defrauds Victim of Rp 1.07 Billion
Police have arrested a fraud perpetrator in a transaction for purchasing export-ready fish in the Muara Angke Port area, Pluit, North Jakarta.
In this case, the victim suffered losses exceeding Rp 1 billion due to fish shipments that did not match the value of the money already transferred.
Sunda Kelapa District Police Chief of Tanjung Priok Port Resort Police, AKP Hitler Napitupulu, stated that the case occurred between August 2024 and April 2025.
He explained that the case came to light after the victim, initialled B, reported the incident to the Sunda Kelapa District Police on 29 July 2025. The victim claimed to have suffered significant losses due to a transaction that did not align with the agreement.
“Initially, the victim was introduced to the suspect by her husband. The suspect offered herself as the sole supplier of export-ready fish and initially sent goods according to the order in the early stages of cooperation,” he revealed.
The Criminal Investigation Unit Head of Sunda Kelapa District Police, Indra Basuki, explained that the case began in August 2024 when the victim was introduced to the suspect, initialled K (57) alias Meymey, by the victim’s husband.
The suspect then offered layur fish and ayam-ayam fish ready for export and promised to be the sole supplier.
“After an agreement on the price was reached, the victim sent money via mobile banking, and the suspect sent the ordered layur fish according to the request,” he told Kompas.com on Monday.
From January to April 2025, the victim made several more transfers to the suspect. However, the amount of fish sent did not match the value of the money handed over.
“However, K (57) sent fish not corresponding to the amount of money the victim had already sent,” he revealed.
In April 2025, a witness visited the suspect to demand an explanation regarding the discrepancy. However, the suspect claimed not to know how the money she had received was used.
“In this incident, the reporter suffered losses amounting to Rp 1,073,380,000 (one billion seventy-three million three hundred eighty thousand rupiah),” said Indra.
Indra added that the suspect was not detained due to health reasons. Based on the investigator’s statement, the suspect had recently undergone heart stent placement.
“When we summoned her as a suspect, the individual (the perpetrator initialled K) came. But we did not detain her due to health reasons,” he added.