Police Probe into Phone Credit Theft

VIVAnews – Chief of Police Criminal Investigation, Ins. Gen. Sutarman, said almost all cellular operators committed phone credit theft. 

“[The losses reach] trillions of rupiah. And it's only from one operator,” said Sutarman today, March 22. 

Police have so far named three suspects from Telkomsel and two suspects from content providers, namely PT Mediaplay and PT Collibri Network. 

“The reports came from Telkomsel customers. We're able to find evidence which may lead this to a criminal case,” he explained. 

Currently, Sutarman said his team is probing into the possibility of violation that XL and Indosat may have committed.

Sutarman said one form of violations pulled off by the operator and content providers is by complicating the unreg facility of a product while the registration is made easy. 

“There is an element of intention,” he explained.