Two arrested for phone fraud

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Two foreigners, identified as a Malaysian and a Pakistani, were arrested by police Friday on suspicion of illegally stealing phone time worth over Rp 280 million.

The two had been operating out of a rented house here on Jl. Monginsidi, where they had set up sophisticated equipment which could illicitly tap into state-owned telephone company PT Telkom to make long distance phone calls.

The two then worked as telephone operators for their clients, offering discount rates for long distance calls.

However PT Telkom got whiff of their illegal activity and asked police to investigate.

As of yesterday the two were still being detained by police. (21)