Tribratanews.polri.go.id - Semarang. The Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation of Central Java Regional Police arrested a woman with the initial of GSR (24), a resident of Wates Hamlet, RT. 4 RW. 4 Wates Village, Kedungjati District, Grobogan Regency, Central Java, related to a fraud case under the guise of online social gathering.
GSR is the owner of Opslot Rotating Fund and Lottery Clubco's online social gathering with 208 members. Losses due to the online social gathering reached more than IDR 2 billion.
Central Java Regional Police Chief, Pol. Inspector-General Ahmad Luthfi said that the suspect posted through social media, Instagram, and WhatsApp applications in carrying out his actions. In addition, the GSR suspect uploaded an online social gathering on social media to promise that the social gathering he manages is trustworthy and trustworthy.
GSR itself manages an online Rotating Fund and Lottery Club from August 2021 to September 2021. "I advertise on social media. Later they (members) will contact me on WhatsApp," he said at a press conference at the Central Java Regional Police lobby. The largest deposit from its members, which is IDR 11 million. The member still believes in participating in the Rotating Fund and Lottery Club because he will benefit from participating in the online Rotating Fund and Lottery Club managed by GSR.
The Central Java Regional Police Chief said that the suspect in carrying out his action made a lure posted on social media. This makes people who see the post interested in joining the social gathering.
It turned out that the gathering didn't exist. Even the perpetrators also do things that threaten. "Finally, we discovered and caught one perpetrator," explained the Regional Police Chief.
Meanwhile, Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation of Central Java Regional Police, Pol. Grand Commissioner Johanson Ronald Simamora said the perpetrators launched their actions by creating Instagram and social media groups. People who saw the post believed and followed the social gathering.
"There are transfers of IDR 5 million to IDR 10 million; at first, they did get the social gathering," explained the Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation.
Meanwhile, GSR was charged with multi-layered articles of article 45 paragraph 1 in conjunction with article 28, paragraph 1 of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning information and electronic transactions or stake 378 of the Criminal Code. The suspect was also charged with article 372 of the Criminal Code. GSR faces a maximum sentence of 6 years and a fine of IDR 1 billion.
