Namibian arrested for cheating

Namibian arrested for cheating

JAKARTA: Sr. Comr Tjiptono said on Monday that police arrested
a 38-year-old Namibian named Lamberth on March 28 at the Ibis
Hotel in West Jakarta for deceiving an Indonesian businessman.

"Lamberth told the victim that he would provide US$5 million
in a rice procurement deal in West Java in return for Rp 5
billion he asked from Rachma," said Tjiptono, adding that the
Namibian told the businessman that he was a United Nations envoy
for humanitarian affairs.

Believing Lamberth, Rachma transferred Rp 50 million and Rp 10
million in bank cheques on Feb. 16 and another Rp 2.5 billion on
March 4.

Tjiptono said the victim did not realized that he was deceived
until his money had not been returned by the suspect on the
promised date of March 5.

"We suspect the victim was hypnotized," said Tjiptono, adding
that police were pursuing several other people suspected of
assisting the suspect. --JP