October 31, 2025 | 08:59 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Jakarta Metro Police have uncovered a case of online scamming and money laundering (TPPU) involving an international network. Three suspects have been apprehended: two men identified as RJ and LBK, and one woman identified as NRA.
"The victim in this case has incurred losses reaching Rp3.05 billion," said the Head of Public Relations Division of Jakarta Metro Police, Brigadier General Ade Ary Syam Indradi, during a press conference at the Jakarta Metro Police Headquarters in South Jakarta on Friday, October 31, 2025.
He explained that the perpetrators spread investment offers to the public via Instagram links and infographics shared on social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Telegram.
Ade Ary stated that the perpetrators posed as securities and Digital Asset Financial Traders (PKAD). "They offered victims the opportunity to trade stocks using tricks and methods to win, profit, and so on. Then, they posed as PKAD, offering crypto trading," he elaborated.
Upon further investigation, the police discovered that the case was connected to an online scam network operating in Malaysia, which was also linked to a similar network in Cambodia.
The suspects apprehended by the Jakarta Metro Police belonged to the network's first cluster. Their primary task was to recruit individuals willing to provide their identities for opening bank accounts, establishing companies, and creating crypto accounts.
"All these company and crypto accounts were taken to Malaysia for trading, which would be used directly for their fraudulent activities," said the Head of Sub-Directorate III of the Cyber Crime Directorate of Jakarta Metro Police, Police Commissioner Rafles Langgak Putra Marpaung.
Rafles noted that the three suspects operating in the first cluster charged Rp5 million per individual account and Rp30 million for a company account.
The victims' money was then transferred to accounts registered under various company names, including PT Global Organic Farm and PT Jongo Karya Abadi. He mentioned that the victims were often convinced to transfer funds after being threatened that the stock market would collapse, and were asked to switch to crypto.
"As a result of the incident, the victims filed a police report, leading us to conduct an investigation, inquiry, and search for the perpetrators through their digital traces and evidence they left behind, ultimately resulting in the arrest of three suspects," Rafles explained.
Deputy Director of the Cyber Crime Directorate of Jakarta Metro Police, Grand Commissioner Fian Yunus, stated that investigators took 1 month and 8 days to uncover the criminal operation. The perpetrators were arrested in the West Singkawang and Pontianak regions of West Kalimantan.
From the proceeds of their crimes, each suspect gained profits ranging up to hundreds of millions of rupiah: Suspect RJ gained Rp100 million, LBK Rp120 million, and NRA Rp150 million. "Through their actions, they have violated various articles, with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a minimum fine of Rp5 billion," Fian concluded.
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