Credit Card Fraud Syndicate Arrested

VIVAnews - Fiscal, Monetary, and Foreign Exchange Unit of the Directorate of Crime and Investigation of Special Crimes of Jakarta Police Department arrested a credit card fraud syndicate. From the suspects, police confiscated 226 fake credit cards of foreign and domestic banks.

Three apprehended suspects were initialed WL (27), OL (25), and PP (27).

The culprits were handcuffed in Carrefour of Blok M Square, South Jakarta, as they were using the cards during a transaction.

Spokesperson of the Jakarta Police Dept Chief Comm. Boy Rafli Amar said on Thursday, April 29, that the suspects stole the data of the original cards through skimmers installed in night-clubs or restaurants in Bali.

"Three suspects who are still under pursuit worked as the installer of the skimmers by cooperating with the owners of some restaurants or clubs," he said.

Boy said that every customer willing to pay the bill by using credit cards would have their cards exposed to the skimmer-installed devices. "The data then is recorded and sent to Jakarta," he said.

The culprits usually targeted foreign users. "They surely opted for the targets having the highest credit limit in such banks as the American Express and Standard Chartered," said Boy.

"One of the perpetrators is an IT expert," he said.

"We're still tracing three other men initialed ER, LO and MO. They're the installer of the skimmers in Bali," said Boy.

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Translated by: Bonardo Maulana W