Police Arrest 4 Counterfeit Money Dealers At Transfer Service Kiosks Through Accounts In Kendari

The police arrested four members of a gang of counterfeit money dealers in Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi Province (Sultra).

Head of the Kendari Police Criminal Investigation Unit, AKP Fitrayadi, said that the four counterfeit money dealers had the initials ML (31), FM (25), AF (32), and IA (24), respectively.

"They were arrested based on sufficient preliminary evidence that they had committed a crime of money, which occurred in Lorong Suzuki 1, Punggolaka Village, Puuwatu District, Kendari City," Fitrayadi said when contacted, Monday, April 29, was confiscated by Antara.

He explained that the chronology of the actions of the perpetrators began when they came to the transfer service for money transfers through accounts to send money using BRILink services at the victim's kiosk amounting to Rp995 thousand.

"With the admin's fee for the kiosk owner, it is Rp. 5,000," he said.

However, he continued, when the victim sent the money to the account number intended by the perpetrator, it always failed. At that time, the perpetrator asked the victim to send the money back to the digital wallet and it was successfully sent.

"Then, when the perpetrator gave the money to the victim, it turned out that the 10 pieces of money that were given were counterfeit money," he explained.

Fitrayadi revealed that at that time the victim was immediately secured by the victim and local residents.

Fitrayadi explained, after receiving information from the public regarding the circulation of fake rupiah paper whose suspects had been secured by the victim, his party then went straight to the crime scene and secured the perpetrators.

"The suspects are subject to Article 26 Paragraph (1), Paragraph (2), and Paragraph (3) in conjunction with Article 36 of Law No. 7 of 2011 concerning Currency Jo. Article 55 and Article 56 of the Criminal Code with a threat of 15 imprisonment," added Fitrayadi.