Account Breaker Story: Working from a shack, but having a house with a swimming pool, yard all

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Directorate of Cyber ​​Crime Investigators Bareskrim Polri arrest 10 breaker Bank account who worked from 2017 to 2020.

It is known that the number of accounts that the suspects broke into was unmitigated, namely 3,070 accounts with the mode of deceiving the victim in order to get the one time password (OTP) code.

The total losses suffered by the customer reached IDR 21 billion.

The suspects with the initials AY, YL, GS, K, J, RP, KS, CP, PA, and A were arrested in Tulung Selapan, Ogan Komering Ilir, South Sumatra.

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However, Police Public Relations Division Head Inspector General (Pol) Argo Yuwono did not specify when the 10 people were arrested.

Case chronology

Argo revealed that the case stems from the victims’ reports to the Criminal Investigation Unit in June 2020.

“The public and online banking and transportation have reported losses of around Rp. 21 billion,” said Argo at the Bareskrim Building, South Jakarta, Monday (5/10/2020).

After receiving the report, the Directorate of Cyber ​​Crime, Bareskrim Polri formed a team to conduct an investigation.

The investigation led the police to the ten perpetrators who did their dirty work from South Sumatra.

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“There were ten perpetrators. At dawn around 04.00 WIB, the perpetrators were taken and did not take any resistance,” said Argo.

Modus operandi

According to police statements, the perpetrators broke into or took over the victim’s account using the OTP code.

The suspects tricked the victim into getting the secret code.

“He (the suspects) phoned a bank customer, asked for his password on the grounds that he was correcting his identity data, repairing the system and so on,” said Argo.

According to him, a person may not realize that he is being cheated and thus gives the OTP code to the perpetrator.

In fact, after controlling the victim’s account, the suspects transferred the victim’s money to the holding account.

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Argo said the suspects had many escrow accounts.

Escrow accounts come from residents around the perpetrator’s domicile.

“Nearly one village was asked to open an account. There was a team who was the guide, he was the one who walked, giving the lure of the people around him to open an account, that’s what the holding account used for,” he said.

Once collected, there are suspects who play a role in taking money from the holding account.

There are also suspects in charge of preparing technological equipment. Meanwhile, the controller of this operation is suspect AY.

The money that had been withdrawn was then distributed among the suspects. The captain or operation controller gets 40 percent and the rest is the share of other actors.

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According to police statements, this syndicate works in a structured manner. They operate from huts in the forest next to their village.

Proceeds of crime

From the information obtained by investigators, the suspects carried out the action because of economic motives.

Argo said that the burglary that was allegedly carried out by the suspects became his daily work.

“The motive is for the economy, but after checking, it is true that he can improve his life, there is a nice house, has a car,” said Argo.

In total, according to the police, the suspects used the money from the act of Rp. 8 billion.

Argo said the money was used by the perpetrator for personal gain, for example buying a car or building a house.

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In fact, the police found the perpetrator’s house which had a swimming pool.

Threat of punishment

In this case, the police also confiscated evidence in the form of a laptop, cell phone, ATM card, savings book and money.

The perpetrators are ensnared by Article 30 paragraph 1 of the ITE Act jo Article 46 paragraph 1 of the ITE Act and Article 32 jo Article 48 of the ITE Act and Article 363 of the Criminal Code.

“This threatens to 6 to 10 years in prison,” said Argo.

Until now, the police admit that they are still investigating whether there are other suspects in this case.

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