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Indonesian-US-China business email fraud investigation

Overview

Indonesian authorities, including the Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim Polri) and the National Police (Polri), have targeted a cross-border Business Email Compromise (BEC) scheme involving the United States and China.

In August 2026, investigators identified a fraud where email communications between Aiki Power Tools in the U.S. and Drup Machinery Corp in China were manipulated to redirect a hardware transaction. The scheme resulted in the theft of approximately $350,325 USD.

Law enforcement arrested an Indonesian national, LPK (56), accused of preparing legal documentation and bank accounts, and a Chinese national, LJ (46), who allegedly facilitated communications. Working with the FBI and the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), authorities successfully blocked and secured roughly $285,859 USD for potential recovery. While two suspects are in custody, the alleged mastermind, identified as CW, remains at large in China.

Entities

Aiki Power Tools · Kaspersky · FBI · Syekh Ahmad Al Misry · Polri

Timeline

  1. 22 days ago

    [CRIME] 7 sources
    Polri and FBI dismantle cross-border business email scam

    Polri and the FBI dismantled a cross-border Business Email Compromise scheme, arresting two suspects for defrauding a US company of approximately USD 350,000.

  2. 29 days ago

    [CRIME] 2 sources
    Bareskrim Polri pursues extradition and arrests cybercrime suspects

    Bareskrim Polri is coordinating with Interpol to extradite Syekh Ahmad Al Misry for alleged abuse and has arrested two suspects for a $350,000 USD business email compromise scheme.

Sources

antaranews.com · indiebanyumas.com · industry.co.id · installation-international.com · mediaindonesia.com · minews.id · rmol.id · systemsintegrationasia.com · transportasimedia.com · uzone.id