JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – PT Bank Central Asia Tbk or BCA emphasized that the main perpetrator who drained customer accounts was not a pedicab driver, but an acquaintance of the victim named Mohammad Thoha.
This was stated by the Executive Vice President of Corporate Communication & Social Responsibility of BCA Hera F. Haryn during a virtual press conference, Thursday (26/1/2022).
“I have also clarified a little that it is not true that the main perpetrator is a pedicab driver but is Thoha, a boarding house resident who lives with our customer (acquaintance with the victim),” said Hera.
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Therefore, he continued, BCA cannot enter into the subject matter of the case because it is currently still in the trial process.
“We respect the ongoing trial process,” said Hera.
As is known, since last week there have been cases of pedicab drivers draining the savings account of BCA customer Muin in the amount of IDR 320 million at the BCA Indrapura branch office, Surabaya armed with an ATM card, savings book, KTP, and the victim’s ATM pin.
However, after being traced, apparently the mastermind behind this case was actually an acquaintance of the victim, namely Thoha, who was a resident of the victim’s boarding house. The perpetrator admitted that he had not lived in the victim’s boarding house for a week.
Peek at the victim’s PIN
Thoha, in a follow-up hearing which was held online at the Surabaya District Court, Tuesday (24/1/2023) explained, the incident started when he learned that Muin had hundreds of millions of rupiah in his account.
It was known when the two planned to build a business together.
“From there I knew Muin (the victim) had more than Rp. 300 million,” he said, quoted from previous reports.
Launching the Surabaya District Court Case Tracing Information System, on Wednesday (3/8/2022), Thoha knows the PIN number e-banking belongs to Min. This was also confirmed by Thoha in a follow-up trial.
At that time, he admitted that he asked Muin to transfer some money to another account.
“I peeked at the PIN number when I asked to transfer money,” said Thoha.
Invite a pedicab driver
Thoha then learned the technique of withdrawing large amounts of money at the bank for two days. It was also during this time that he found Setu, a pedicab driver who had the same appearance as Muin.
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On Friday (5/8/2023) Thoha secretly entered Muin’s room and stole a number of valuables such as ATM cards and savings books.
He then and Setu made large-scale withdrawals from Muin’s account.
To Setu, Thoha pretended to ask for help to collect money on behalf of his father who was sick. Setu also agreed that he would receive Rp. 5 million in wages from the Rp. 320 million disbursed.
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