Tribratanews.polri.go.id - Jakarta. Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation of Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police arrested three suspects of oxygen tube scam in social media.
Suspects initialled ATKG aka AW, SA aka A, and AS aka S, sold one oxygen tube for Rp750,000 on Instagram.
Chief of PR and Press Division of Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police, Police Grand Commissioner Yusri Yunus, said that the suspects took advantage of panic buying in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.
"Then the three suspects took advantage of this moment by offering oxygen tube through social media. They will get the money, but there is no such tube", Police Grand Commissioner Yusri Yunus said in Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police Headquarter, South Jakarta, Friday (09/07/2021).
Chief of PR and Press Division of Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police affirms that the suspects share roles in this fraud offence. AW took part in offering oxygen tubes through his Instagram account. SA and S later become people that collect the money from the victims on a BTPN account.
"They are a gang from South Sulawesi", the Graduate of 1991 Class of the Armed Forces Academy said.
The Middle Officer of Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police also said that many people already become a victim to this gang. However, only two are reporting. One of the reports victims admits the loss of Rp6.75 million because of buying nine oxygen tubes.
Police Grand Commissioner Yusri Yunus appeals to other victims to report to Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police through Call Centre 081113110110 or Hotline 110 of Indonesian National Police.
Chief of PR and Press Division of Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police ensures that Police will follow up every people's report, either on gas canister scam, rising prices, hoarding, or even about increasing medicine prices.
The oxygen tube scam suspects are subjected to Article 28 paragraph 1 of Law No. 19 of 2016 about Electronic Information and Transactions or Article 378 of Indonesian Criminal Code, Article 8 paragraph 1 of Law No. 8 of 1999 about Consumer Protection, and Article 45a paragraph 1 of Law No. 19 of 2016 about Electronic Information and Transactions. Due to their action, the suspects are threatened by six years in prison.
