Tribratanews.polri.go.id - Jakarta. The Directorate of Special Economic Crimes of the Criminal Investigation Agency of the Indonesian National Police has opened a complaint post to facilitate people who are victims of alleged fraud in medical device investment.
"We have established a complaint post. It is located on the fifth floor of the Criminal Investigation Agency of Indonesian National Police," said Head of Sub-Directorate V Directorate of Special Economic Crimes of the Criminal Investigation Agency of the Indonesian National Police, Police Grand Commissioner Ma'mun, Monday (20/12/21).
According to him, investigators need to open a complaint post because it is suspected that many people have become victims.
Victims report cases of fraud that they experienced in groups. There are groups of 10 to 30 people.
"We have opened the obligatory complaint post. But, first, please go to the Criminal Investigation Agency, and it will be directed. After that, we will prepare a command post on the fifth floor, Sub-Directorate V," said the Directorate of Special Economic Crimes of the Criminal Investigation Agency of the Indonesian National Police.
The Directorate of Special Economic Crimes of the Criminal Investigation Agency of the Indonesian National Police explained that 20 victim-witnesses have been questioned or questioned so far. On Monday, investigators asked for information from nine other victims.
"Today alone, there have been more than 20 (examined), and today there are nine more people who are being questioned," he said.
Regarding the number of losses suffered by the victims, the Directorate of Special Economic Crimes of the Criminal Investigation Agency of the Indonesian National Police said investigators were still investigating because the suspect and the victim do not have a bookkeeping system so that financial transactions are not recorded, including no evidence of selling medical devices.
"We can't estimate the loss because the data isn't complete. They (the suspects) don't have books, they don't have evidence of selling their medical devices, as well as the victims," said the Directorate of Special Economic Crimes of the Criminal Investigation Agency of the Indonesian National Police.
In this case, the Criminal Investigation Agency of the Indonesian National Police investigators have named three suspects, namely VAK, BS and DR. Two suspects have been arrested, namely VAK was arrested on Friday, December 17 and BS was arrested Saturday, December 18, 2021. Both are detained at the Criminal Investigation Agency of the Indonesian National Police. Meanwhile, one suspect with the initials DR is still being pursued by the authorities, with the status of a fugitive on the People Search List.
This investment fraud case in the medical device capital injection program emerged in the community through a tweet from one Twitter account. According to the companion of the victims, Charlie Wijaya, 14 complainants suffered losses of Rp. 30 billion. They reported three people in this case, namely VAK, DR, and BR.
The three of them are suspected of being the bosses who received the money in the fraudulent investment circle of medical devices.
"This is an allegation of a fraudulent investment case, with a total net loss of IDR 1.2 trillion to IDR 1.3 trillion. With about 3,000 victims," said Charlie.
