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Ten months after their wedding day, a woman discovered that her spouse was a woman in disguise.
After the case made headlines, the 22-year-old lady, identified only by her initials NA, revealed her experience on social media.
It comes after the accused, identified only by their initials AA, appeared in Indonesian District Court on Tuesday, June 14.
In May 2021, the victim said she paired with the scammer on a dating app.
The accused pretended to be a male US-trained surgeon and a coal businessman looking for a wife after recently converting to Islam.
Three months later, the victim believed him and married him in a nikah siri ceremony, which is recognized by religion but not by the state.
They were unable to conduct a state-sanctioned wedding since the groom did not have the necessary civil paperwork.
For several months, the newlyweds resided with the victim's parents. AA kept demanding for money and couldn't show any proof of his outstanding qualifications, which made her parents suspicious.
According to Coconuts, the swindler's family and friends constantly backed up his career claims.
The con artist whisked the bride away from her family to Lahat, South Sumatra, Indonesia, to avoid further interrogation.
She was subsequently restricted to the residence for several months and forbidden from engaging with anyone else while she was there. Her "husband" was also in charge of their finances.
NA's worried mother phoned Jambi Police, who tracked down the couple in Lahat in April.
AA was revealed to be a woman with the initials EY during her police interrogation.
The family claims they were defrauded of IDR 300 million (£16,537) within the first ten months of their marriage.
When asked about their sex life on social media, the victim stated that her "husband" would always turn out the lights and blindfold her before sex.
The con artist said she pampered her wife with her hands, but the victim claimed she was confident EY used penetrative sexual equipment throughout their affair.
NA also alleged that EY tried to kill her by instructing her to leap into a river despite her inability to swim.
The victim's parents denounced EY to the authorities for falsifying educational records, which could be the first of many charges against her and might land her in prison for up to ten years.
The case is still being heard in the Jambi District Court.