Tanjung Priok Police Reveals Counterfeit Money Circulation At Night Market Near Muara Angke Bus Terminal

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Tanjung Priok Port Resort Police (Polres) revealed the circulation of counterfeit banknotes that were spent, including at the night market near Muara Angke Bus Terminal, Penjaringan, North Jakarta.

Tanjung Priok Port Police Head, AKBP Putu Kholis Ariana, said that two suspects were arrested as a result of tracking the circulation of counterfeit banknotes by the Sunda Kelapa Regional Police and the cyber patrol of Tanjung Priok Port Police Criminal Investigation Unit personnel.

"Here, we can reveal the perpetrators and the perpetrators who used counterfeit money for shopping. The counterfeit money contained IDR 10,000, IDR 20,000, IDR 50,000 and IDR 100,000 denominations," Putu said in North Jakarta, quoted from Antara. , Saturday 26 March.

The first suspect is a worker with the initials RK (25), a resident of Tambora Subdistrict, West Jakarta, who was arrested by the Sunda Kelapa Regional Police on Monday, March 21, after he was caught using counterfeit notes in the Rp. 100,000 denomination to transact clothes.

For his actions, RK was charged with article 36 in conjunction with article 26 of Law Number 7 of 2011 concerning Currency, subsidiary article 244 and article 245 of the Criminal Code.

The second suspect is a man with the initials FR (21) who was arrested by the Tanjung Priok Port Police Satreskrim personnel based on a search on the Facebook social media network. "We can reveal from the results of the cyber patrol that there are accounts that upload fake money," said Kholis.

Finding an account for selling counterfeit money, members of the Satreskrim Polres Tanjung Priok carried out an "undercover buying" method or pretended to be a buyer and ordered six counterfeit notes with a nominal value of Rp. 50,000 at a price of Rp. 150,000.

The police managed to track down the location of the suspect FR through an expedition service where the suspect sent the counterfeit money. When arrested, the FR, which is in the Tanjung Priok area, was unable to move.

"We arrested the suspect FR when we wanted to send a package in the form of counterfeit money," said Kholis.

FR runs her own counterfeit money business with certain equipment, such as printing tools, cutting tools, and HVS paper.

From the arrest, the police confiscated evidence of dozens of counterfeit bills of Rp. 10,000, Rp. 20,000, and Rp. 50,000 from the suspect FR.

Because of his actions, FR is now entangled with article 36 in conjunction with article 26 of Law Number 7 of 2011 concerning Currency, subsidiary article 244 and article 245 of the Criminal Code.

In addition to the two suspects, the Tanjung Priok Port Police Chief is also pursuing two other suspects whose names have been included on the wanted list (DPO).

The two DPO suspects are AD, who supplied counterfeit money in Rp100,000 denominations to RK twice, and DEA, who had supplied counterfeit money at a price of one to three to suspect FR.

The head of the Tanjung Priok Harbor Police Satreskrim, AKP Sang Ngurah Wiratama, explained that the one-to-three method is a transaction scheme in which buyers of counterfeit money must deposit real money with a value of one-third of the nominal value of counterfeit money they want to buy.

"So, for example, if you buy it for Rp. 100,000 for real money, you will get Rp. 300,000 for counterfeit money. That's one in three," said Wiratama.

Wiratama added that the production of counterfeit money was only carried out when there was a consumer demand of at least Rp. 1 million.

"But if there is no demand for Rp. 1 million, he will not make or add stock, even though the materials are always ready," said Wiratama.