Six duped with jobs in the U.S.

Six duped with jobs in the U.S.

JAKARTA (JP): Six people were allegedly duped into handing
over nearly US$10,000 to two men who promised to send them to the
United States and secure them jobs at hotels there.

The victims' spokesman, Dani Suryadi, 33, filed a complaint
with the police against the two men, Rudi Setiawan and Alfred
Afri Mentang, on Sunday afternoon.

Dani said the victims -- Dudan, Nedi, Hardi, Saefudin, Sarkoro
and himself -- had been duped into handing over about $10,000 to
Rudi and Alfred in the hopes of being sent to the U.S. where jobs
were reportedly awaiting them at the Paradise and Fisher Island
hotels in Miami, Florida.

Quoting an official police document, a copy of which was made
available to The Jakarta Post, a police officer who requested
anonymity said that one of the victims, Hardi, was acquainted
with Alfred.

Alfred allegedly showed Hardi false documents about Kliner and
Cook, which he said was a U.S.-based company with a branch office
in Jakarta that sent people to the U.S. to work, the police
officer said.

Alfred and Rudi allegedly told Hardi and the other five men
that if they paid between $1,200 and $2,000 each for
administration fees, airline tickets and visa fees, they would be
sent to the U.S. by March 17 this year.

"It didn't happen. The alleged dupers kept on postponing the
dates and by May 11, 2001, the victims were still in Jakarta."

The officer said the victims eventually made inquiries at the
U.S. Embassy here about Kliner and Cook.

"There was no such company," the officer said. (ylt)