Ukrainian Woman Arrested in Bali for Rp 325 Million ATM Burglary

Thursday, 09 December 2021 – 19:59 GMT+7
Baklanova Khrystyna was arrested for ATM burglary in the Badung area, Bali / Credit: ANTARA, Ayu Khania Pranisitha

jpnn.com, BALI - The Bali Police arrested a woman from Ukraine named Baklanova Khrystyna (33), the perpetrator of the illegal ATM burglary worth Rp 325.6 million.

Bali Police criminal investigation director Senior Commissioner Ary Satriyan said the suspect's role was only to take the money.

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"This suspect is a Ukrainian citizen. This is actually similar to skimming, but she only took the money. We are still trying to look for the skimmer," said Ary at a press conference at the Bali Police Headquarters, Thursday.

He said that the suspect illegally transferred money belonging to bank customers to virtual accounts.

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The transaction was carried out using a magnetic card obtained from someone named Mister.

He stated that there were two people from Bau Bau, Southeast Sulawesi, who were victims of this incident, namely Nur Hayati and Marda.

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On Wednesday (1/12), Nur Hayati and Marda reported to the bank that they had not made any transactions, but the amount of money in their accounts had decreased.

"From there, there were irregularities in the transaction in Bali. So, the customers were in Southeast Sulawesi, the suspect took it in Bali," Ary said.

Ary said that the suspect's role was to take money, but not in cash.

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"If the money was withdrawn directly, there would be a limit of Rp 10 million. But if it was transferred through virtual accounts, it could be more. An examination showed the total loss of the customers was Rp 325.6 million," he said.

The suspect was charged with Article 30 and Article 46 of Law Number 11/2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE), as amended by Law Number 19/2016, in conjunction with Article 362 of the Criminal Code. (antara/mcr20/jpnn)

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