Police arrest four over Rp 318m bank fraud
Police arrest four over Rp 318m bank fraud
JAKARTA (JP): City police detectives from the banking crimes
division arrested four people on Thursday in connection with a Rp
318 million (US$33,400) fraud case at Bank Bumiputera in Central
Jakarta.
Jakarta Police chief of detectives Chief Comr. Harry Montolalu
identified the four suspects as Adi, Antonius, Emmy and Ratna.
"The four suspects managed to deliver fake transfer orders to
the bank so the bank would transfer Rp 318 million from a
Bumiputera account, belonging to a man named Rocky Sarwono, to
the suspects' accounts at Lippo Bank in Lokasari, West Jakarta,
and at Bank Central Asia (BCA) in Cikini, Central Jakarta," Harry
said on Thursday.
"The suspects faked the transfer orders, as if Rocky had asked
for the money to be transferred to their accounts. When Rocky
checked his account and found Rp 318 million missing, he demanded
an explanation from Bank Bumiputera.
"The bank quickly learned that it had been duped and contacted
the Jakarta Police. We arrested the four suspects -- two men and
two women -- on Thursday."
Harry refused to give any details on the suspects, but did
confirm they were not bank employees.
He said that because the investigation remained ongoing, the
police would only provide further details in several days.
Last May, city police banking crime detectives investigated
two fraud cases. The cases involved two banks here that
transferred hundreds of millions of rupiah to bank accounts
solely on transfer orders faxed by the suspects.
In the first case, detectives questioned two suspects who
allegedly ordered the transfer of Rp 220 million from an account
at the Tanjung Priok branch of state Bank Mandiri to an account
at the Gatot Subroto branch of the same bank. The transfer took
place on April 28.
A detective identified the suspects as Muhamad Ismu YL, alias
Satryo Sumantri, alias Iman Manan Sastro, and Burhan.
The suspects faxed a fake transfer order, allegedly authorized
by the Tanjung Priok Port authority PT Persero Pelindo II, to the
bank's Tanjung Priok branch.
The other case was reported by an employee at Bank Duta,
identified only as D.A.
He said that on Feb. 23 last year, the bank received a
transfer order via fax, allegedly authorized by PT Gunung Agung,
to transfer Rp 500 million from the company's account to a Bank
International Indonesia bank account opened in the name of one of
the suspects.
"Bank Duta transferred the money the very same day. On March
9, PT Gunung Agung complained of the 'loss' to Bank Duta, and
both parties found out they had been duped," a detective said.
(ylt)