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View all search resultsTwo foreign tourists arrested for robbery targeting money changers in Bali
The perpetrators used fake passports in their actions targeting money changers offering cash on delivery services to hotels and villas.
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Violence and deceit: Tajaddin Hajiyep (seated) and Evgeniy Viktorovich Pak (rear, second right) are paraded in front of the media on Thursday during a press conference in Kuta, Bali. Hajiyep and Pak were arrested for committing two robberies targeting money changers in Bali. (JP/Ni Komang Erviani)
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wo foreign tourists have been arrested for two alleged robberies targeting money changers on the resort island of Bali. One of the suspects was beaten by a mob after trying to steal Rp 191,150,000 (US$11,667) from the victim.
Police discovered that this was their second such act on the island.
The two suspects, Tajaddin Hajiyep, 35, from Azerbaijan and Evgeniy Viktorovich Pak, 36, from Uzbekistan could face a maximum sentence of nine years in prison if found guilty.
Kuta Police chief Comr. Agus Riwayanto Diputro told a press conference on Thursday that the suspects were members of a group targeting money exchange businesses that offer cash on delivery services to hotels or villas. The suspects used false passports when contacting their victims.
"The fake passport was used as identification. This made the victims trust them and agree to bring a certain amount of money to a specific location requested by the perpetrators," Riwayanto said.
He said the suspects had contacted the money changer through the Telegram messaging app and told them he would like to change his crypto worth US$2,350 to rupiah. The suspect asked the money changer to send the money to Aura Segara Villa on Jl. Segara Merta No. 8 in Tuban, Kuta district, Badung regency.
Based on the request, the company later sent two staff to bring the money to the villa. However, the two staff were robbed once they arrived.
