East Java Regional Police Chief Inspector General Pol Nico Afinta accompanied by the Director of Criminal Investigation of the East Java Regional Police, Kombes Farman and the Head of Public Relations Kombes Pol Gatot Repli Handoko, Thursday (14/4/2021) afternoon said, the crimes committed by two suspects were discovered by the investigating team of the East Java Regional Police Ditreskrimsus on March 1, 2021. one hotel room in south surabaya.
"The two suspects involved had the initials SFR (scampage spreader) and MZMSBP (scampage maker). Meanwhile, the victim was the person who filled in his personal data into a fake scampage / website, especially American citizens," explained East Java Police Chief Inspector General Nico Afinta, after holding a press conference at East Java Regional Police Rupatama Building, Thursday (15/4/2021) afternoon.
The police chief added that the suspect's modus operandi obtained personal benefits. The suspect obtained benefits in the form of Bitcoin Crypto currency which can be converted into rupiah currency which was given by the suspect with the initials S (allegedly an Indian citizen DPO) due to the actions of the two suspects at the request of suspect S.
"According to their conversation, this personal data is used by S to disburse the PUA (Pandemic Unemployment Assistance) fund or an American unemployment aid fund worth USD $ 2,000 per person, and also to sell again for USD $ 100 per 1 person data. "he added.
Personal data belonging to American citizens that has been obtained by the SFR suspect and has been given to S via WhatsApp and telegram conversations is about 30,000 data.
"The profits received by the SFR suspect during the above actions amounted to approximately USD $ 30,000 / around Rp. 420,000,000 (Rupiah exchange rate)," said the East Java Regional Police Chief.
Meanwhile, the profit received by the suspect MZMSBP while committing the above acts was around Rp. 60,000,000.
Chronology of the incident on March 1, 2021, the East Java Regional Police's Ditreskrimsus cyber officer discovered the spread of fake scampages / websites that resembled the official website of the American government via SMS, carried out by the suspect with the initials SFR, in which his laptop and cellphone were found evidence of fake scampages / websites and also personal data belonging to American citizens obtained from the distribution of the fake scampage / website.
"From the statement of the suspect, SFR explained, if the scampage was made by the suspect MZMSBP, then the East Java Police Cyber officers found the MZMSBP suspect near the Pasar Turi Surabaya Railway Station, then found a fake scampage / website script stored on his laptop," he said.
The two suspects were able to create fake websites by self-teaching, while the other suspect was studying ITE. This activity has been carried out by the two suspects from May until now.
"Cyber members conducted an investigation for three months, because they had to coordinate with the National Police Headquarters and the FBI. After obtaining evidence, only then were both arrested," explained the East Java police chief.
The perpetrators themselves carried out the action by sending an SMS containing a fake web using the SMS Blast software and they got the state code, from which they sent automatically.
"The suspect created a fake website, and spread it via sms blast to American citizens, Americans who were not aware filled the website," the police chief concluded.
Article 32 paragraph (2) Jo article 48 paragraph (2) RI Law number 19 of 2016 concerning amendments to Law number 11 of 2008 concerning electronic information and transactions Jo article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code, with the threat of a sentence of 9 years in prison and / or a maximum fine of 3 billion.
