JAKARTA: The Indonesian police on Tuesday morning (Apr 12) arrested a 38-year-old man who allegedly stole charity donations by placing fake QR stickers in public places which directed the donations to his account. According to The Jakarta Globe, the suspect had committed the crime at 38 locations suc
JAKARTA: The Indonesian police on Tuesday morning arrested a 38-year-old man who allegedly stole charity donations by placing fake QR stickers in public places which directed the donations to his account.
He added that an initial investigation showed that the suspect has collected at least 13 million rupiah by redirecting the financial donations to his accounts. According to Antara, the case first came to light last Sunday when a mosque manager lodged a police report after noticing the suspicious QR codes at the Nurul Iman Mosque in Blok M Square, a mall in South Jakarta.“After seeing the sticker, the informer asked a mosque cleaner who made the QRIS sticker, but the said he did not know," said Mr Auliansyah on Tuesday, according to Antara.
"Afterward, the informer observed the CCTV, which showed pasting the false QRIS stickers," said Mr Auliansyah.
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