progresifjaya.id, JAKARTA – The Cyber Investigation Directorate of Polda Metro Jaya has successfully uncovered and arrested two suspects in an online fraud case (online scam) and money laundering with the modus operandi of fictitious stock applications online. The two suspects who were arrested were one Indonesian citizen (WNI) with the initials SP and one Foreign Citizen (WNA) from Malaysia with the initials YCF alias M who were indicated as part of an international online scam network.
The initial detection of this case came from the entry of a Police Report (LP) with the registration LP/B/1061/II/2025/SPKT/Polda Metro Jaya, dated February 14, 2025. This LP was made by a fraud victim with the initials ANS who suffered a loss of Rp1.456.100.000.
In his statement to investigators, the victim admitted that he became aware of this fraud on Monday, January 20, 2025. The incident itself began when the victim saw an advertisement on the Facebook application offering foreign stock trading. From there, the victim then joined a stock investment community called Morgan Asset Group LTD. After joining, the victim then entered the conversation process on the WhatsApp application with the operator name Aisha Morgan (0895618739040).
From this conversation, the victim was then invited to join in playing stocks on the Indian stock exchange. The victim was interested in the invitation because he was promised a profit of up to 150% of the stock trading capital. Furthermore, the victim was created an account and sent a link https://main.morganr.vip/h5/#/pages/login/index.
After that, the victim’s communication process on the Morgan Asset Group LTD application became more intense regarding Indian stock trading. His heart became more and more convinced of this opportunity until he was willing to send money amounting to IDR 1,456,100,000 in stages to two BRI accounts. The first account is BRI 005301006898307 in the name of PT. Multi Jaya Internasional and the second is BRI 005301006899303 in the name of PT. Putra Royal Delima.
After that, time continued to roll. Until finally the hope and desire arose in the victim’s heart to withdraw capital and profits from the stock trading. But what a shame, those hopes and desires turned out to be in vain. The victim now realized that he had fallen into a Batman trap with the title of online fraud/online scam.
Meanwhile, for the two suspects in this case, namely SP and YCF alias M who have been arrested, a number of layered articles have also been prepared by investigators to accompany them in the future. Both SP and YCF are subject to Article 45 A paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 28 paragraph 1 of Law Number 11 of 2008 as last amended by Law Number 1 of 2024 concerning the Second Amendment to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions. After that, they were also charged with Article 378 of the Criminal Code, Article 3 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering (TPPU), and finally Article 4 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning TPPU. The most horrific prison sentence they could get is 20 years in prison.
Director of Cyber Crime of the Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes Pol Roberto Pasaribu in his official statement regarding this case explained, the two suspects, namely EP and YCF alias M were arrested by the Polda Metro Jaya Cyber Team on Thursday, January 30, 2025 at the Green Lake Sunter Apartment, North Jakarta. From the results of the examination, it was discovered that EP acted as the account manager and the one who handed over the tools to the fraud network in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Meanwhile, YCF alias M acted as the recruiter and funder of the fraudulent activities and the international network manager.
“Together with them, we also secured a number of pieces of evidence such as 17 cellphones, dozens of SIM cards, documents for establishing a fictitious PT, passports, identity cards, and cash in the form of rupiah and ringgit currencies,” explained the officer with the NRP
79051465 from the Sanika Satyawada Akpol 2000 Battalion.
He further said, that reflecting on this case, Polda Metro Jaya also appealed to the public to be more vigilant against fraud under the guise of online investment. Don’t be easily tempted by promises of big profits and never give personal data to unknown parties. Immediately report to the police if you find suspicious activity.
“We will not give space to perpetrators of crime in the digital world. We also continue to coordinate with the Polri Headquarters and other Polda and Polres to eradicate cross-border cybercrime like this,” said Kombes Pol Roberto Pasaribu.
“So, for criminals in the digital world, just prepare yourself for us to catch you wherever you are. We are smarter than you, brother,” he added very confidently. (Bembo)