Source Police Public Relations Division
Jakarta, Media www.rajawalisiber.com– The Criminal Investigation Police arrested 3 people suspected of committing fraud through the MetaTrader 4 trading application. The fraud caused 5 people to suffer losses that reached Rp 5.2 billion.
Karopenmas of the National Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan, said that three perpetrators had now been named as suspects. The three are the Head of PT. FSF Jember branch, initials EZ (42), then marketing PT. FSF Jember branch initials MGB (28) and NAN (36).
“Currently, the three suspects are being detained at the East Java High Court,” said Ramadhan in his statement, Thursday (18/8/2022).
According to Ramadhan, EZ was arrested in the Surabaya area, East Java. He has a role in directing marketing who works at PT. FSF to offer United Global Asset Management (UGAM) products to the public (potential investors), even though the UGAM product has no collaboration with PT. FSF.
Meanwhile, MGB and NAN, continued Ramadhan, made offers and promotions to potential investors related to UGAM products and said that UGAM products were part of PT. FSF. And if you invest in UGAM products, it is guaranteed to be safe and will not suffer losses.
So that potential investors believe and are interested in investing in UGAM. However, after investing, investors actually experience losses and the PT. The FSF doesn’t want to be held responsible.
“During the period from October 2021 to May 2022 with a total loss suffered by 5 victims of Rp. 5,257,500,000,” said Ramadhan.
This case began with the victims’ reports on June 9, 2022 to Sub-Directorate IV/MUSP. Reports related to UGAM trading with futures investment activities in the form of stocks (domestic and foreign stocks), currency commodities (Forex/Forex, gold commodities, Crypto Currency commodities) offered by PT. FSF.
Now, the perpetrators are charged with Article 378 of the Criminal Code with a penalty of 4 years and or; Article 45 A paragraph (1) of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning amendments to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions with a maximum penalty of 6 years imprisonment and a maximum fine of IDR 1 billion.
And or Article 106 of Law Number 7 of 2014 concerning Trade with a maximum penalty of 4 years imprisonment and a maximum fine of Rp. 10 billion and or Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering, Article 3, Article 4 , Article 5.