The Directorate of General Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimum) of the Central Java Police revealed a network of counterfeit money makers and dealers who were troubling the public. Six suspects with different roles were arrested by officers while acting in the Boyolali area and at a house where counterfeit money was produced in Yogyakarta.
This was revealed by the Director of Criminal Investigation at the Central Java Police, Kombes Pol. Dwi Subagio, in a press conference held at the Central Java Police's Mako Ditreskrimum on Tuesday, August 5, 2025. He said that this disclosure began with information about the circulation of counterfeit money in Boyolali Regency.
"The Central Java Police Resmob Team conducted an intensive investigation until finally they managed to arrest two suspects, namely W (70), a resident of Boyolali Regency, and M (50), a resident of Pasar Kemis District, Tangerang Regency," said Kombes Dwi Subagio, in a written statement, Wednesday, August 6, 2025.
Both were secured on Friday, July 25, 2025 in front of a food stall in Banyudono, Boyolali. From the hands of the two officers found evidence in the form of counterfeit money as much as 410 pieces of Rp100,000 denominations.
The results of the development of the two suspects then led to two other suspects, namely BES (54), a resident of Kota Kudus District, Kudus Regency, who played a role in selling and looking for counterfeit money buyers and suspect HM (52), a resident of Rancabungur District, Bogor Regency, who acted as a financier and finder of production equipment.
It did not stop there, the officers continued to develop and obtain information that the counterfeit money was made at a house located at Depok Sleman Yogyakarta. At that location, officers arrested JIP alias Joko (58), a resident of Secang District, Magelang Regency, who acted as designers and makers of counterfeit money, and DMR (30), a resident of Depok District, Sleman, as the owner of the house where counterfeit money was produced.
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At that location, officers also found evidence in the form of equipment used to make counterfeit money, 500 (five hundred) pieces of counterfeit bills of 100,000 denominations (one hundred thousand), 1800 (one thousand eight hundred) pieces of counterfeit money and 480 (four hundred and eight sheets) of counterfeit money that had not been cut. Furthermore, the suspects and the evidence were brought by officers to the Central Java Police's Mako Ditreskrimum.
"The mode they run is to produce counterfeit notes of Rp100,000 and sell them in a 1:3 ratio. This means that every Rp100 million counterfeit money sells for Rp30 million. From the search results, we found thousands of counterfeit bills in various stages of production, as well as complete equipment for printing," said Dwi Subagio.
He added that this syndicate has been operating since early June 2025 and has printed around 4,000 counterfeit notes, of which 150 are suspected to have circulated in the community.
Responding to this disclosure, the Head of the Central Java Province Bank Indonesia Representative, Rahmat Dwi Saputra, appreciated the performance of the Central Java Police Ditreskrimum officers who succeeded in arresting the perpetrators of syndicates of counterfeit money trafficking. He also gave tips so that people do not become victims of the circulation of counterfeit money.
"We ask the public to triple check the money they receive, namely through 3 D (Seen, Diraba, Ditewang). In addition, there are special characteristics contained in real money but counterfeit money including water images, safety threads, rectoverso images, and color-changing ink (OVI). As an effort for education for our community, we also regularly hold socialization activities about Love, Proudness, and Rupiah understanding and include them as material teaching materials in schools," he said.
To account for his actions, the six suspects were charged with Articles 244 and 245 of the Criminal Code concerning making and circulating counterfeit money and Law Number 7 of 2011 concerning Currency, with a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.
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