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East Java Regional Police Arrested Two Perpetrators who Developed Fake US Government Website

inp.polri.go.id Surabaya. The Special Crimes Directorate of East Java Regional Police arrested two perpetrators who developed a fake website (scam page) of the United States (US) government. The two perpetrators are SFR as the spreader of the phoney website and MZ as the website developer.

Head of Public Affairs of the East Java Regional Police, Police Grand Commissioner Gatot Repli Handoko, explained that the two perpetrators created this fake website to obtain personal data of US citizens. They then sell and misuse to disburse PUA (Pandemic Unemployment Assistance) funds.

“The Special Crimes Directorate have succeeded in uncovering criminal acts between countries. However, because the victims are abroad, the perpetrators are in Indonesia,” said Pol. Grand Commissioner Gatot Repli Handoko, Monday (06/07).

The Middle Officer of East Java Regional Police said two suspects were charged with three criminal acts, i.e. create fake websites, spread counterfeit websites, and steal other people’s data.

The Head of Public Affairs of the East Java Regional Police said from the arrest of the two suspects, and the police managed to secure 1 unit of grey Asus Tuf Gaming F15 laptop, 1 iPhone cellphone, 1 Asus Zenbook Flip brand laptop, 1 ATM card and a print out of account transaction history.

The two perpetrators were subject to Article 32 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 48 paragraph (2) of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 19 the Year 2016 on amendments to Law No. 11 of 2008 on information and electronic transactions in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code, with a penalty of 9 years in prison or a fine of Rp. 3 Billion

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