Jakarta – Rihana and Rihani Twins suspected of fraud as iPhone resellers with a temporary loss of Rp35 billion, Rihana and Rihani are officially detained by Polda Metro Jaya. The main motive for the two suspects to become fraudsters is purely economic.
“So the motive was for money, yes, to make a profit. For now, the biggest victim value is Rp2.5 billion, we have done an in-depth investigation,” said Head of Unit 4 of the Sub-Directorate of Jatanras Ditreskrimum Polda Metro Jaya Kompol Reza Mahendra to the media crew, Tuesday, (4/7).
Reza explained, at first the twins offered the business through social media. Since many of the victims were attracted by becoming resellers, the twins claimed to be part of the iPhone distributor. Even though in fact, they got the cellphone from a regular outlet.
“After getting it, he immediately said that he was part of this distributor. In fact, he bought at outlets where we visited stores, such as those at ITC and others,” he explained again.
As time went on, the twins started to get overwhelmed and couldn’t fulfill the existing iPhone orders. On the one hand, the money that has been deposited by the victim has been used. However, it is not known what the money was used for.
The twins eventually started getting billed by those retailers. Instead of giving away the items or returning the money, the twins chose to run away.
“In the end it got worse, he couldn’t fulfill his obligations to his reseller or his victims. So why did he run around, we can explain that when an examination was carried out on the person concerned, that he was indeed being chased by the victims who reported it,” said Kompol Reza .
Currently, there are 18 reports regarding alleged deception by the two of them with a total loss of Rp35 billion. The twins were also on the wanted list (DPO) until they were finally arrested on Tuesday, (4/7) at 05.00 WIB this morning at the M Town Gading Serpong apartment, Tangerang Regency.
For information, Rihana and Rihani were arrested by the joint special team of the Polda Metro Jaya Regional Police, led by the Deputy Director of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Polda Metro Jaya, AKBP Imam Yulisdiyanto. Bembo
