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Five arrested in ATM skimming case
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A man makes a cash withdrawal at a Bank Rakyat Indonesia ATM in Jakarta. (Tempo/Eko Siswono Toyudho)
T
he Jakarta Police have arrested five people on suspicion of stealing funds from the accounts of customers of state-owned Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) through ATMs.
Dozens of bank customers in Kediri, East Java, lost between Rp 500,000 (US$36.40) and Rp 10 million.
The police found the group after investigating the matter for a week, Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Argo Yuwono said according to kompas.com on Friday.
The suspects have been identified as Caitanovici Andrean Stepan, Raul Kalai, Ionel Robert Lupu, Ferenc Hugyec and Milah Karmilah.
They were arrested in different locations, namely D' Park Cluster Kayu Putih, Serpong, South Tangerang; Blok AB 6 No 3, Serpong, Tangerang; Grand Serpong Hotel, Tangerang; and De’ Max Hotel Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara.
Meanwhile, the Jakarta Police's unit IV head of mobile detectives (resmob) for general crimes Adj. Comr. Rovan Richard Mahenu said the suspects allegedly starting committing such crimes in 2017.
“They have been committing the act since July 2017. They made skimmers and other equipment and installed them on ATMs in Bali, Bandung [West Java], Yogyakarta, Tangerang and Jakarta,” he said.
The police will issue a press release about the case on Saturday, he added. (cal)
