Brilio.net - The case of blackmail and threats carried out by unknown people against Ria Ricis has now come to light. As stated by Ria Ricis, the perpetrator threatened to spread Ria Ricis' personal photos and videos on the internet, if he did not give Rp. 300 million in exchange.
Based on this report, the police managed to arrest the alleged perpetrator with the initials AP (29). This was conveyed by the Director of Criminal Investigation at Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes Ade Safri Simanjuntak.
His party said that they had detained AP since Monday night (10/6). AP was arrested at his home and taken to Polda Metro Jaya for further investigation.
"The investigative team succeeded in carrying out forcible efforts to arrest suspect AP at his home in Cipayung Village, East Jakarta," Ade Safri was quoted as saying by merdeka6.com.
Now the case has entered the investigation stage. Based on police investigations, investigators concluded that this act of terror was a criminal element. Now the status of the alleged perpetrator, a man with the initials AP (29), has been declared a suspect
"He is already a suspect," said Ade Safri.
Based on the results of the interim investigation, Ade Safri revealed that AP's motive for extorting Ria Ricis was economic. AP was able to obtain these photos and videos illegally by hacking Ria Ricis ' electronic system. With the data he had, he dared to carry out blackmail.
"While the motive is economic, for the suspect AP, the modus operandi used was to carry out illegal access to hack electronic systems containing information or personal electronic documents belonging to the reporter or in this case the victim himself," he said.
"And then the victim's personal electronic information and documents were used to threaten the victim via electronic media, which was carried out through the manager or victim's assistant to ask the victim to give Rp. 300 million to the suspect," he concluded.
In this case, AP could be charged under Article 27B paragraph 2 in connection with Article 45 and/or Article 30 paragraph 2 and related to Article 46 and/or Article 32 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 48 of Law Number 1 of 2024 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions.