TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Jakarta Police revealed a skimming network involving Romanian citizens, Hungarians, and Indonesians had broken into 64 banks in several countries. The gang was the alleged suspect of BRI skimming scam in Kediri.
"Many banks abroad also fall victims [to the gang's crime]," said Jakarta Police unit IV of mobile detectives (resmob) for general crimes Head Adj. Comr. Rovan Richard Mahenu on Friday, March 16.
Rovan explained the suspects broke the customer accounts at 64 banks in the world consisting of 13 domestic banks and 51 foreign banks. He asserted the suspects were an international gang that committed crimes in various countries.
Jakarta Police officers arrested a syndicate of BRI mass-theft by a skimming method involving three Romanian citizens, a Hungarian citizen, and an Indonesian citizen (WNI) namely Caitanovici Andrean Stepan, Raul Kalai alias Lucian Meagu, Ionel Robert Lupu, Ferenc Hugyec, and Indonesian citizen Milah Karmilah.
The police arrested the suspects at different locations in Tangerang and West Nusa Tenggara. Police seized various tools used for the data-stealing such as a deep skimmer, an encoder, and three spy camera units.
Based on the recent examination, the suspects had started the skimming operation since July 2017 to the bank’s customer saving accounts including BRI.
The suspects installed deep skimmer tools at ATMs in Jakarta, Bandung, Tangerang, Yogyakarta, and Denpasar, Bali areas.
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