Suspected Export Fish Fraud in Muara Angke Allegedly Ongoing Since 2024

Police have uncovered a suspected fraud case in the transaction for purchasing export-ready fish in the Muara Angke Port area, Pluit, North Jakarta, which is said to have been ongoing since 2024. The victim is alleged to have suffered losses of more than Rp1 billion after the suspect failed to deliver the goods as agreed. Kanit Reskrim Polsek Kawasan Sunda Kelapa Iptu Indra Basuki stated that the case began when the victim, initialled B, was introduced to the suspect, initialled K (57), by her husband in August 2024. “After an agreement on the price was reached, the victim transferred money via mobile banking, and the suspect delivered the ordered ribbonfish,” he said when contacted by Kompas.com on Monday (13/4/2026). However, at the end of the 2024 fiscal year, the suspect still had outstanding deliveries of fish worth around Rp350 million that had not been fulfilled. From January to April 2025, the victim made several more transfers to the suspect amounting to Rp1,073,380,000 (one billion seventy-three million three hundred eighty thousand rupiah). “However, K (57) delivered fish not in accordance with the amount of money the victim had already sent,” he revealed. Then in April 2025, a witness initialled AK approached the suspect to demand an explanation regarding the discrepancy. However, the suspect claimed not to know what the money sent by the victim had been used for. The Kawasan Sunda Kelapa Police Sector then conducted an investigation. The suspect was finally secured at the Kawasan Sunda Kelapa Police Sector office on Thursday (9/4/2026). He added that the suspect was not detained due to health reasons. “The suspect was not detained due to health factors; he had just undergone heart stent placement,” he added.