<![CDATA[The rapid development of information technology and social media has significantly transformed patterns of communication, electronic transactions, and commercial activities within society. Alongside these benefits, social media has increasingly been exploited as a medium for committing cybercrime, particularly online fraud. The growing number of online fraud cases indicates that law enforcement continues to encounter various legal and technical challenges. This study aims to analyze the law enforcement process against online fraud committed through social media at the Yogyakarta Municipal Police Resort (Polresta Yogyakarta) and to identify the obstacles encountered in its implementation.This research employs an empirical legal method using an empirical juridical approach. Primary data were obtained through interviews with investigators of the Criminal Investigation Unit (Satreskrim) of Polresta Yogyakarta, while secondary data were collected through literature studies consisting of legislation, legal doctrines, books, and scientific journals. Data were analyzed descriptively using qualitative methods based on Soerjono Soekanto's Law Enforcement Theory, David S. Wall's Cybercrime Theory, and Manuel Castells' Social Media Theory.The findings reveal that law enforcement against online fraud committed through social media has been implemented through the stages of receiving public reports, investigation, inquiry, application of criminal provisions, and evidentiary procedures in accordance with Article 378 of the Indonesian Criminal Code and Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions. Nevertheless, law enforcement remains constrained by difficulties in identifying perpetrators, limitations in obtaining electronic evidence, challenges in tracing digital financial transactions, limited digital forensic facilities, and insufficient inter-agency coordination.]]>
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