Police arrest two swindlers

Police arrest two swindlers

BANYUMAS, Central Java: Police arrested two men on charges of
embezzling hundreds of millions of rupiah from job seekers, to
whom they had promised well-paid jobs in neighboring Malaysia.

The suspects, Suyono, 50, and Abraham Budi, 45, claim they are
directors of a labor supply firm and had asked each job seeker to
pay Rp 350,000 (US$156) for the arrangement of travel documents.

Chief of the Banyumas police precinct, Lt. Col. Soenaryo, told
The Jakarta Post yesterday that so far 93 people who claimed to
have fallen victim to the pair have come forward.

But the police believe that Suyono and Budi have swindled
hundreds of job seekers, he said.

The authorities also seized three cars which, they said, the
suspects used to look for their victims. (wah)