Money Changer Employee Viral In Bali Allegedly Tricked By South Korean Tourists

ILLUSTRATION/Check out a fake money changer in Kuta, Badung, Bali/PHOTO: Dafi-VOI

GIANYAR - The Tegallalang Police, Gianyar, Bali will summon the owner of a money changer at the Ceking tourist attraction after the viral tail of the employee's suspicion of defrauding South Korean (South Korean) tourists.

Video tour guide angry at the money changer employees circulated. It is suspected that the money changer employee took the money that had been exchanged by foreign tourists brought by the tour guide.

"We are investigating, maybe tomorrow we will invite him because yesterday he was still closed (money changer). We will check the permit first, if there is no permit, we will coordinate with the relevant agencies, so that it will be closed," said Tegallalang Police Chief AKP I Ketut Sudita when contacted, Wednesday, August 10.

In the video, a money changer employee counts money in front of foreign tourists. There is a male voice, an angry tour guide speaking in Balinese.

"Don't look for work like that. I'm tired of serving tourists from earlier. This is the place in Ceking. This is the human face," said the tour guide in the video.

This incident occurred on Monday, August 8th. AKP Sudita said foreign tourists from South Korea exchanged 300 USD at an exchange rate of Rp. 14,875 per dollar.

However, during the process of exchanging money, the tour guide does not come directly with the tourists. After continuing the trip to Aloha Swing, this foreign tourist realized that the rupiah from the exchange at the money changer was lacking.

The amount of money that should be received by guests is IDR 4,462,500. However, what foreign tourists receive is the difference or less than Rp. 1 million rupiah from the total money that should be received.

Aware of the lack of exchange money, the guide again took the tourist to the money changer. The money changer employee had time to evade and make sure the money exchanged was the right amount.

After the tour guide was angry and threatened to make this incident viral, the money changer employee admitted that he had miscalculated. The money short from the exchange of US dollars was given to tourists.