17 People Become Suspects Of 'Fake Money Factory' UIN Alauddin Makassar
JAKARTA A total of 17 people have been named as suspects in making and selling counterfeit money in the Alauddin Makassar State Islamic University (UIN) Campus.
"We suspect the suspect according to his respective roles under Article 36 paragraph 1, paragraph 2, paragraph 3 and Article 37 paragraph 1 paragraph 2 of Law Number 7 of 2011 concerning Currency, with a maximum penalty of 10 years to life," said South Sulawesi Police Chief Inspector General Yudhiawan Wibisono as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, December 19.
Of the dozens of suspects, two people are employees of Bank BUMN Indonesia, several others are employees of Alauddin State Islamic University (UIN) Makassar at Campus II Yasin Limpo Street, Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi.
The initials of the 17 suspects are AI, NM, KA, IR, NS, JBP, AA, SAR, SU, AK, IL, SM, MS, SR, SW, MN, and RM respectively.
In addition, there are still three people who are included in the list of disbursements of people or DPOs.
"The initials IR (37) and the initials AK (50), who must be employees of a state-owned bank, are basically included in the sale and purchase of counterfeit money. He uses it, he also sells it and also buys it. This transaction is outside of where they work, so the status is only there," said the South Sulawesi Police Chief.
In addition to employees of Bank BUMN, one of the employees of UIN Alauddin Makassar at Campus II, initials AI, served as Head of the local campus library, was also involved along with one of its staff. Meanwhile, the other suspect is a network that distributes it.
Initially in the case of disclosing the network of counterfeit money distribution and making, said the regional police chief, the Pallangga Police received information on the circulation of counterfeit money from residents in the Pallangga area, Gowa Regency.
The joint team was then formed by conducting an investigation until they finally arrested the suspects KA, IR and M. From there, the suspect sang 'to make a sale and purchase transaction with the suspect AI, known to the Head of the Library of UIN Alauddin Makassar.
In addition, suspect M also made transactions with other suspects, respectively KA, IR, SR, SM and AK. The counterfeit money that was circulated by M was in the Gowa Regency and Makassar City and received the counterfeit money from AI.
Dari hasil penyelidikan dan pengembangan kasus, ternyata AI memperoleh sejumlah uang rupiah kelang Rp100 ribu tersebut dari tersangka SAR yang dikenalnya dari pengusaha terkenal Makassar inisial ASS.
The SAR suspect is known to have printed his own counterfeit money at his home on Jalan Sunu, Makassar City.
A joint team raided his house on Jalan Sunu and found evidence, namely the raw material for making counterfeit Rp100 thousand denominations that were paid or sent from the initials ASS through an intermediary from the initials JBP, known to be a former legislative candidate (caleg) 2024.
Meanwhile, the raw material for making counterfeit currency denominations of Rp. 100,000 SAR purchased through an importer with the initials R (specifically paper and ink) while other raw materials were purchased by SAR from an online material provider.
After developing an investigation into the criminal act of circulating counterfeit money by investigators from the Gowa Police Criminal Investigation Unit, from the results of the interrogation of the main evidence of the printing machine and the equipment was stored by the suspect AI inside the Alauddin Makassar UIN Library Building on Yasin Limpo Street, Samata District, Gowa.
"So, from the results of the examination, it is true that the person concerned AI is purely private and does not relate to other parties (UIN Alauddin), he does use his authority and position in that place and has nothing to do with other parties. He is the Head of the Library," he explained.