Buy Hundreds Of Fake Money Half The Price Online, 2 Perpetrators Arrested In Agam, West Sumatra

The two perpetrators along with evidence after being secured by the Agam Police. Antara/HO- Agam Police.

The Agam Resort Police (Polres) arrested two counterfeit money dealers who bought it online or online. "This is based on the confession of two perpetrators, namely ML (40) a resident of Dumai City, Riau Province and SM (38) a resident of Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau Province," said Agam Police Chief AKBP Muhammad Agus Hidayat in Lubuk Basung, Monday. He said the two perpetrators bought around hundreds of Rp. 100,000 denominations at a price of Rp. 50,000 per share. After that they circulated the counterfeit money at Ambun Pagir Market, Matur District and Da'ad Market Tanjung Raya District before it was finally arrested. The modus operandi of the perpetrators to benefit from this fake money transaction was by spending as much as possible to traders with a maximum expenditure limit of Rp. 20 thousand. "So, the return money from the remaining expenditure became an advantage of the perpetrator," he said. The two perpetrators admitted that they had circulated the counterfeit money around Rp. 3.6 million spread across Matur District Rp1.9 million and Tanjung Raya District Rp1.7 million. "The perpetrator admitted that it was the first time they circulated counterfeit money in the Agam Police jurisdiction," he said. The arrest of the two perpetrators began with public information that there were people who had circulated counterfeit money in the Matur and Tanjung Raya area. The two perpetrators were caught by residents while distributing counterfeit money at the Tanjung Raya Hall Market, Agam District, Sunday (7/1) afternoon. Furthermore, the Agam Police Opsnal Team moved to the scene and interrogated the two perpetrators and the Agam Police Opsnal Team received information from the perpetrators that they brought counterfeit money from Duri, Riau Province as much as 200 pieces of Rp100 thousand denominations by buying a price of Rp50 thousand per share.

"The two perpetrators were arrested based on Police Report Number: LP / B / 02 / I / 2024 / SECTOR MATUR / POLRES AGAM / POLDA SUMATRA, dated January 7, 2024," he said. From the suspect's confession that ML had circulated the counterfeit money as many as nine pieces of Rp100 thousand and SS had circulated 10 pieces of counterfeit Rp100 thousand at Ambun Pagi Market, Matur District.

In Daad Market, Tanjung Raya District, ML also circulated seven counterfeit notes of Rp100 thousand and SS circulated 10 counterfeit notes of Rp100 thousand. "The total counterfeit money has been circulated around 36 Rp100 thousand denominations in the two markets. When raided, the suspect ML admitted that seven pieces of counterfeit money fell at the scene of the case," he said. The threat of a sentence of 15 years in prison. August asked the public to be more vigilant and careful in the circulation of counterfeit money by increasing accuracy when carrying out buying and selling transactions.