Nine individuals were arrested by Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation Yogyakarta Special Region Police for stealing credit card information to be utilized to purchase crypto digital currency. To deceive victims, they pose as customer service (CS) credit card issuers.
Officers detained nine defendants in this case for credit card data theft, including a husband and wife with the initials AP and MA as the masterminds of the crime. Following that are BD, IR, AS, IW, SW, YN, and WV.
“The method is claiming to be the credit card issuer CS and offering promos to guide the victim to activate the credit card online so that the perpetrator gets the credit card data,” said Roberto Gomgom Manorang Pasaribu, S.I.K., Director of Criminal Investigation at the Yogyakarta Special Region Police AKBP, during the case release at his office in Sleman, Yogyakarta Special Region, on Wednesday (10/11/2021).
The attackers spend crypto digital currency after obtaining the victim’s credit card information. Then, in the shape of rupiah, it reappeared.
“The victim became suspicious after receiving a credit card bill as a result of this transaction.” “Even if the victim has never felt like performing the transaction,” stated Roberto Gomgom Manorang Pasaribu, S.I.K., Director of Special Crimes at the Yogyakarta Special Region Police AKBP.
The criminals used the proceeds of the crime to fund their personal needs, such as automobiles and cash.
He continued, “There’s a Pajero automobile and Rp295 million in cash.”
Officers have already confiscated cars, cash, 15 mobile phones, 13 landline phones, and bank documents to be used as evidence.
“We imposed Article 378 and/or Article 30 paragraph 1, Article 32 paragraph 1, or Article 35 of Law No. 19 of 2016 concerning ITE and Article 3 of the Law on Money Laundering as a result of the suspects’ acts, and the danger of penalty for all of them is over 5 years,” he said.
