Police Dismantle Dollar Counterfeit Syndicate, 3 Years In Action Circulate Rp77 Billion

JAKARTA - Polda Metro Jaya has uncovered a syndicate of dollar counterfeiters. This group has been in action for three years by printing fake dollars equivalent to Rp77 billion.

"In total, if we split it for more or less three years, he's been playing, since last 2018. This initial admission is 540 thousand USD, which is USD 100 dollars. If we break it, around Rp.77-78 billion he has sold out , "said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Yusri Yunus to reporters, Wednesday, March 10.

From that disclosure, there were four people named as suspects. They are SUL (57), IS (49), HS (50) and AD (47).

Within this group, the four suspects have different roles. Starting from printing to circulating these counterfeit dollars.

"The first four people we secure are SUL in the Bekasi area, then one person in the Bogor area, two people in Pandeglang, Banten we secure," said Yusri.

"We get this SUL as the dollar dealer, then the second IS has the same role as the dealer. The third HS is the one who prints counterfeit money, then as a seller, also an investor who finances it entirely," he continued.

Meanwhile, for the crime mastermind, namely HS. He was coordinating the three other suspects as well as being the financier of this illegal action.

"So the brain is in HS, he is the financier, he also holds the master. According to the information he taught himself to get the master," said Yusri.

The evidence included 10 lak (containing 1000 pieces each) fake United States (US) dollars in 100 dollar bills, two passbooks, a set of LCD computers, one printer unit, one piece of paper and three units of cellphones.

The suspects charged under Article 3, Article 4 and Article 5 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning ML and Article 244 of the Criminal Code and Article 245 of the Criminal Code.