Jakarta – The Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimsus) Polda Metro Jaya is still investigating the alleged case of the Jombingo e-commerce platform fraud. Most recently, Ditreskrimsus Polda Metro personnel have traced the whereabouts of the Jombingo office, but the results are zonk.
Dirreskrimsus Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes Pol Ade Safri Simanjuntak said, investigators from Sub Directorate II Fismondev had investigated the existence of the Jombingo office in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta.
And the results revealed that Jombingo had rented the office for the period May 2022 to April 2023. However, it was not renewed.
Investigators then also traced Jombingo’s office which is located at Kalibata, South Jakarta. However, the result is also zonk.
“The Jombingo office, which is said to be located at Kalibata, South Jakarta, has not even been found,” said Kombes Pol Ade.
Currently, the Sub-Directorate II Fismondev Ditreskrimsus Polda Metro Jaya has also coordinated and clarified a number of parties. Among them, with the Task Force for Handling Unlicensed Business Activities in the Financial Sector/Investment Alert Task Force, with the Indonesian Ministry of Trade, OJK, the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information, PPATK, and BKPM.
The Jombingo case started when the victims received messages via e-mail from zhangdandan33@gmail.com. The e-mail contains an offer to join the Jombingo application.
“Contains an offer to join an application called Jombingo, which is a buying and selling application with a commission system,” explained Kombes Pol Ade at the time.
After that, the victims are required to invite other people first to buy an item in the application. The goal is that goods can be purchased at low prices.
The more participants are invited, the cheaper the price of these goods. After that, the victim is asked to top up funds before making a purchase.
“To make purchases of goods, Jombingo requires members to create a ‘group buy’ by inviting other people by sending an application link,” said the officer with the Capricorn zodiac who graduated from the 1996 Wira Satya Battalion of the Police Academy.
“After the member installs the application, proceed to top up the funds. Each member who joins the ‘buy group’ will get a participant bonus which is recorded on each member’s account,” he continued.
Without suspicion and even tempted by the offer given, the victim transferred some funds. Instead of making a profit, at that time the victim tried to withdraw the existing funds but could not. The victim also felt that she was a victim of fraud and finally reported this to the police.
“Because he felt sure that the victim handed over money in stages worth Rp20 million. As time went on, the victim was no longer able to withdraw balances from his account, because of this incident the victim was harmed,” said Kombes Pol Ade. Bembo
