Prisoner in the Medan Otaki fraud Raline Shah's father, drain IDR 254 million

Medan – Artist Raline Shah’s father, Rahmat Shah, has become a victim of fraud or searched via WhatsApp. The fraud was mastered by a prisoner in Tanjung Gusta Prison in Medan, along with three other offenders. “We need to transfer broadly terms that it is a crime of scam by manipulating data,” the director of cyber investigation with Northern Sumatra police, Combes Doni Sembiring, said, as reported by Detiksumut, Wednesday (15/10/2025). The four offenders involved were Muhammad Syarifuddin Lubis (25) and Rizal (34). Both are prisoners in Tanjung Gusta Prison for drug cases. Meanwhile, the other two offenders were a long cat resident named Indri Permadani (20) and a Medan resident named Tika Handayani (30). Browse to continue with the content The offender Syarifuddin initially pretended to be Raline Shah and contacted Rahmat Shah via WhatsApp. The offender then asked Rahmat Shah for money. “The offender Muhammad Syarifudin Lubis, 25, communicated with the victim Rahmat Shahmat Shah via WhatsApp. The perpetrator said he was his son, Raline Shah. Rahmat Shah complied with the request and asked someone to transfer the money as requested. The offender then asked Rahmat back for his money. In total, the perpetrators managed to drain the money of the victim of 254 million IDR. “The total loss suffered by Rahmat Shah was 254 million IDR,” he said. Read more here (YGS/FCA)