Indonesian police arrested 85 Chinese in a massive crackdown on online fraud in Jakarta and Malang.

The suspects were arrested during raids that took place on the evening of November 25 by police in Jakarta and Malang City, involving an online fraud line targeting Chinese victims, making a profit 2 , 6 million USD in just 4 months.

In addition to 85 suspects of Chinese nationality, authorities also arrested six Indonesians, confiscating material that were desktops and laptops, Indonesian police said.

"They pretend to be police officers or prosecutors who call victims, saying they are having legal problems and need to pay them to solve the problem," Jakarta police chief Gatot Eddy Pramono said. about the fraudulent method of the above line. Pramono said some suspects also pretended to be bank tellers, asking victims for their account numbers.

The raid came just days after Malaysia announced the arrest of nearly 1,000 Chinese suspects in a large-scale fraud line in the country. It is not clear whether the two online fraudulent links are related to each other.