Foreign Credit Card breaker Arrested

Apparatus Unit Directorate of Criminal Investigation Special Fismodev Polda Metro Jaya arrested three burglary perpetrators of credit card. The perpetrators broke into the U.S. and European credit cards.

"The suspect who secured the initials WL (27), OL (25) and PP (27) aka EN (women)," said Head of Public Relations Kombes Polda Metro Jaya, Amar Rafli Boy during a press conference at the Metro Jaya Police Headquarters, Jakarta, Thursday (29 / 4 / 2010).

Boy explains, mode suspects piercing done in a way to steal credit card data of foreign nationals by means of a skimmer. The data were then transferred to a stolen credit card data encoder appliance false premises.

"The data itself is stolen through a skimmer mounted on the EDC," he said.

Head of Unit Fismondev Ditkrimsus Polda Metro Jaya AKBP Word says, one of the suspects put a skimmer in a number of restaurants and nightspots on Bali.

"Supervisor nightclubs and a restaurant cashier and employee we still hunt," said Word.

Data that had been stolen was later sent to Bali. "The process of making credit card in Singapore," added Oliver.

In addition to falsifying credit cards, the defendants also falsified identity. "Kan to swipe credit cards have to show identity," he said.

The suspects chased the credit card is a credit card that has a limit of more than Rp 5 million. "And most of them foreign nationals," he explained.

The credit card already so later used in some supermarkets. "The suspect chose the supermarket because the line a lot. So the cashier did not notice the physical card," he said.

The goods targeted yng electronic form. "To be sold back," he said.

The suspects were arrested at two different locations, namely at Jl Kartini, Central Jakarta and at Carrefour Blok M Square, South Jakarta on March 20, 2010. From the hands of a suspect, police seized 226 fake credit cards, dozens of fake ID cards and hundreds of electronic goods and cash of Rp 19 million.

The suspects snared by ITE Law, Article 263 of the Penal Code, article 362 of the Penal Code.

Meanwhile, Coordinator Asosasi Indonesian Credit Card (AKKI) Max Charles called on credit card users to be careful in making transactions.

"Bank Indonesia has ordered all banks to use the chip," says Max.