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https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/sout...oin-fugitive-russ-medlin-arrested-sex-charges
A US fugitive wanted in his home country in connection with a US$700 million cryptocurrency scam has been arrested in Jakarta on sex charges, authorities in Indonesia said on Tuesday.
Russ Albert Medlin, who entered the Southeast Asian nation on a tourist visa last year, was arrested on Monday after three minors alleged he paid to have sex with them, police said.
If convicted under Indonesia’s child protection laws, Medlin could face 15 years in prison, police said, adding that they confiscated more than US$20,000 in cash from the suspect.
“After the arrest, we checked his identity,” Jakarta police spokesman Yusri Yunus told reporters on Tuesday, adding Medlin was sought by foreign law enforcement agencies.
Another police officer said that Medlin could face extradition to the United States.
According to the Nevada State sex offender public website, a Russ Albert Medlin was listed as a “non compliant” tier-two offender – the second most serious – with a Las Vegas address.
In December, the US Justice Department said three men had been arrested in an alleged fraud that raised US$722 million from investors lured by fake bitcoin mining earnings.
Prosecutors in the US allege that Medlin headed the “BitClub Network”, which took money from investors in a “hi-tech Ponzi scheme”.
From April 2014 through December 2019, the group attracted unsuspecting investors using fraudulent earnings purported to come from the network’s mining pool, according to prosecutors.
It was not immediately clear if US authorities would seek Medlin’s extradition in the cryptocurrency case.
“We are still waiting for a request from the US Embassy,” Jakarta police’s special investigation director Roma Hutajulu said on Tuesday.
The US embassy did not immediately reply to requests for comment.
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I have heard similar stories in Philippines. Unfortunately Austronesian countries, including Indonesia, have a reputation in Greater China and among Gulf States as a source for cheap and obedient maids, in the former ISIS as a plentiful source for fanatical terror recruits, and among white pedophiles and perverts in western countries as place for easy child hookers with "exotic" dark skin.
What can Austronesians do to repair their tattered global image?
A US fugitive wanted in his home country in connection with a US$700 million cryptocurrency scam has been arrested in Jakarta on sex charges, authorities in Indonesia said on Tuesday.
Russ Albert Medlin, who entered the Southeast Asian nation on a tourist visa last year, was arrested on Monday after three minors alleged he paid to have sex with them, police said.
If convicted under Indonesia’s child protection laws, Medlin could face 15 years in prison, police said, adding that they confiscated more than US$20,000 in cash from the suspect.
“After the arrest, we checked his identity,” Jakarta police spokesman Yusri Yunus told reporters on Tuesday, adding Medlin was sought by foreign law enforcement agencies.
Another police officer said that Medlin could face extradition to the United States.
According to the Nevada State sex offender public website, a Russ Albert Medlin was listed as a “non compliant” tier-two offender – the second most serious – with a Las Vegas address.
In December, the US Justice Department said three men had been arrested in an alleged fraud that raised US$722 million from investors lured by fake bitcoin mining earnings.
Prosecutors in the US allege that Medlin headed the “BitClub Network”, which took money from investors in a “hi-tech Ponzi scheme”.
From April 2014 through December 2019, the group attracted unsuspecting investors using fraudulent earnings purported to come from the network’s mining pool, according to prosecutors.
It was not immediately clear if US authorities would seek Medlin’s extradition in the cryptocurrency case.
“We are still waiting for a request from the US Embassy,” Jakarta police’s special investigation director Roma Hutajulu said on Tuesday.
The US embassy did not immediately reply to requests for comment.
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I have heard similar stories in Philippines. Unfortunately Austronesian countries, including Indonesia, have a reputation in Greater China and among Gulf States as a source for cheap and obedient maids, in the former ISIS as a plentiful source for fanatical terror recruits, and among white pedophiles and perverts in western countries as place for easy child hookers with "exotic" dark skin.
What can Austronesians do to repair their tattered global image?
