inp.polri.go.id – The Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimsus) of the Banten Police has succeeded in revealing the fraudulent trade in fuel oil (BBM) at the Gorda gas station Number: 34-42117 on Jalan Raya Serang – Jakarta KM 70 District. District Kibin. Serang Banten, Monday (06/06) at 13.00 WIB.
The Head of Public Relations (Kabid Humas) of Banten Police, Commissioner Shinto Silitonga explained that when he inspected the location, he found that they resell the fuel by modifying the dispenser machine using a remote control device.
“When inspecting the location, it was true that there were sales of Pertalite, Pertamax, Pertamina Dex, Dexlite, and Solar fuels that were carried out by the gas station employee by setting the machine which had been modified by using a remote control device,” Shinto said after revealing BBM fraud case at the Banten Regional Police Headquarters, Wednesday (22/6/2022).
Commissioner Shinto Silitonga said that in this case the Banten Police named two suspects, BP (68), acts as a gas station manager, and FT (61), acts as the owner of the place.
Meanwhile, the Head of Sub-Division of Trade and Investment Industry (Indagsi) of the Ditreskrimsus Polda Banten, Commissioner Chandra Sasongko added that the perpetrators intentionally added remote control electrical components and automatic switches on the gas station dispensers.
“Based on the results of the investigation, the perpetrators who carried out the fraudulent sale of fuel got a profit of 4-5 million per day with a total profit of around Rp7,000,000,000,” explained the Head of Sub-Division of Trade and Investment Industry (Indagsi) of the Banten Police Criminal Investigation Unit.
The Banten Regional Police managed to secure evidence of two remote control units, four relays installed in each fuel dispenser, one bundle of margin deposit slips, one bundle of surplus deposit slips, four mobile phones, seven bundles of archives of minutes of gas station capital minutes Number: 34 -42117, four CPU units, one ATM, one passbook, and two bundles of checking accounts.
The perpetrators were charged with multiple articles, namely Article 8 paragraph 1 letter c in conjunction with Article 62 paragraph 1 of Law Number 8 of 1999 concerning Consumer Protection and/or Article 27, Article 30 in conjunction with Article 32 paragraphs 1 and 2 of Law Number 2 of 1981 regarding Legal Metrology Jo Article 55 paragraph 1 and/or Article 56 with a minimum sentence of 5 years in prison.
