Jimmi Muliku is a year-old keyboard player who posed as a spendthrift businessman so he could meet high-class prostitutes, have sex with them and then rob them. With no inheritance, Jimmi dabbled in crime, allegedly stealing rental cars, and musical equipment from churches.
Perusing a tabloid newspaper, he noticed numerous classified advertisements for call girls. He decided to steal from prostitutes, figuring the expensive ones would be the most lucrative targets. He met his first victim at a hotel on Jalan Pecenongan in Central Jakarta. He stole her two smartphones and later sold them for more than the hotel suite had cost him. Jimmi could not stay at the same hotel twice, for fear of being recognised, but he realised he could double his loot by booking two or more women to visit at the same time.
After at least eight robberies, Jimmi was arrested in and sentenced to two years in jail. He was paroled in January and resumed his former lifestyle. By July, he had robbed another 18 women in nine hotels across four cities; Jakarta, Bogor, Bandung and Jogjakarta. He also had a regular girlfriend, who worked as a TransJakarta bus driver. He would frequent upscale karaoke bars, buy expensive drinks and befriend the mamasans, telling them he wanted models and students, like those hired by government officials and legislators.
The overnight price for such women ranged from Rp. Sometimes, Jimmi sent his targets a photo of an enticing pile of cash on a bed. He often ordered two call girls together but avoided threesomes because it was difficult to incapacitate both women simultaneously. He would start in the bedroom with one woman, while the other would be told to wait in the lounge room. After satisfying his lust, he would handcuff and gag the naked victim, bind her limbs with duct tape, rob her and call in the next woman.
Jimmi filmed some of the women, threatening to release the nude footage if they went to the police. After leaving the hotel, he would telephone reception, requesting that a maid tidy his room, whereupon the prostitutes would be discovered.
