Ripe For The Picking

Sri Purwanti has been harassed by a barrage of calls from unknown callers for weeks. Claiming to be bank officers, the callers tell her credit card limit is maxed out and she needed to start making payments immediately.

Sri, a resident of Pasar Rebo, East Jakarta, is the victim of a credit card ring recently exposed by the Jakarta Police. Sr. Comr. Fadil Imran, the special crimes director, announced the arrest of the rings members on Wednesday last week. "I hope the bank won't keep demanding settlement. The criminals involved must be punished," said Sri. According to police estimates, the gang took control of credit cards of 1,600 customers and inflicted losses of some Rp5 billion. "The 1,600 customers and Rp5 billion figures may still increase," Fadil said. He suspects the crimes began in 2014.