Two 
nationals, identified by the initials ZM and ZY, were deported by Indonesian authorities on June 26 for posing as investors operating fictitious companies to obtain stay permits.
The decision was made after the Ministry of Investment confirmed the companies they claimed to own were fraudulent.
They have been barred from re-entering Indonesia for six months.
Earlier that day, the two nationals were arrested in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, for alleged violations of immigration rules.
ZM held a limited stay permit (ITAS) as an investor and owner of a fictitious company called PT LSTTI, and claimed that the company had been registered with the Ministry of Law.
According to ZM, PT LSTTI was founded in April this year. However, he failed to produce the required documents, and the company had no operations or employees.
A follow-up investigation revealed that PT LSTTI was actually a virtual office registered since Nov 18 last year, with no business or administrative activity on record.
Meanwhile, ZY, also an ITAS holder, claimed to own PT DHI, an ice cream and steel distributor allegedly established in 2022 in Pinangsia, West Jakarta. Suspicion arose when the suspect could not specify the number of employees working at the company.
It was later discovered that the listed business address was a deserted four-story shophouse.
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nationals, identified by the initials ZM and ZY, were deported by Indonesian authorities on June 26 for posing as investors operating fictitious companies to obtain stay permits.
The decision was made after the Ministry of Investment confirmed the companies they claimed to own were fraudulent.
They have been barred from re-entering Indonesia for six months.
Earlier that day, the two nationals were arrested in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, for alleged violations of immigration rules.
ZM held a limited stay permit (ITAS) as an investor and owner of a fictitious company called PT LSTTI, and claimed that the company had been registered with the Ministry of Law.
According to ZM, PT LSTTI was founded in April this year. However, he failed to produce the required documents, and the company had no operations or employees.
A follow-up investigation revealed that PT LSTTI was actually a virtual office registered since Nov 18 last year, with no business or administrative activity on record.
Meanwhile, ZY, also an ITAS holder, claimed to own PT DHI, an ice cream and steel distributor allegedly established in 2022 in Pinangsia, West Jakarta. Suspicion arose when the suspect could not specify the number of employees working at the company.
It was later discovered that the listed business address was a deserted four-story shophouse.
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