Police Unload Fake VIP Sticker Printing During The Mandalika MotoGP Event, Organizers Lose IDR 1 Billion

Fake sticker samples for access to VIP category vehicle users at the 2025 MotoGP event at the Mandalika Circuit. (ANTARA/HO-Polresta Mataram)

MATARAM - Mataram City Police, West Nusa Tenggara, arrested a man with the initials MSU (33) who allegedly made fake stickers for VIP vehicles for the 2025 MotoGP event at the Mandalika Circuit.

"We have secured the suspect at his printing company in the Dasan Cermen area, Cakranegara District, Mataram City," said Head of the Special Crime Unit of the Mataram Police Satreskrim Ipda Imamul Ahyar in Mataram, Antara, Wednesday, October 8.

From the location of the arrest, the police confiscated dozens of fake stickers bearing the 2025 IndonesiaGP which were allegedly used to trick officers so that vehicles could enter the VIP area.

Ahyar said that his party was still conducting intensive examinations of MSU to strengthen evidence before determining the status of a suspect.

"From the results of the initial investigation, the perpetrator is suspected of violating Article 263 of the Criminal Code regarding falsification of documents and securities," he said.

This case was revealed after the 2025 IndonesiaGP organizing committee team (ITDC-MGPA) reported findings of fake stickers on spectator vehicles. The examination shows a difference in the type of hologram between official and fake stickers.

Due to this incident, the organizers of the Mandalika MotoGP claimed to have suffered a loss of at least Rp. 1 billion due to the circulation of the fake sticker.