Action 2 Counterfeit Money Dealers In Karimun Revealed After Ordering Victims To Buy Alcohol

Karimun Police Chief AKBP Fadli Agus (left second) when showing evidence. (ANTARA/HO-Polres Karimun)

The Karimun Police, Riau Islands Police, managed to arrest two suspected counterfeit money dealers in the local area. The alleged perpetrators are FA (39) and RJ (26). Karimun Police Chief AKBP Fadli Agus said FA and RJ were arrested at a nightclub on Jalan Setia Budhi, Tanjung Balai Kota Village, Karimun District on Saturday, June 30 or the day after the two used counterfeit money there. "The arrests were made on the Police Report Number: LP-B / 27 / VI / 2024 / SPKT / KARIMUN POLICE / KEPRI POLICE," he said when contacted by telephone from Natuna, Antara, Tuesday, July 2. The incident began when the suspects FA and RJ asked the complainant to buy them one bottle of alcoholic beverages by giving them Rp1,850,000 in cash in the Rp50,000 sheet denomination. After receiving the money, the reporter did not immediately go to buy alcoholic beverages, but instead checked the money given back. The reporter found that out of a total of IDR 1,850,000, only IDR 150.00 was real, while IDR 1,700,000 was fake. "When the reporter was checking the money, it turned out that the two perpetrators had fled," he said. The complainant also tried to chase the two suspects. However, only one person got, while one other person was not overtaken. After an investigation, it turned out that the alleged perpetrator printed the counterfeit money at a printing shop in Kampung Baru Tebing. The two suspected perpetrators have committed wrong actions before the law and have the potential to be sentenced to 15 years in prison.

"The evidence that was secured was a printer unit, a ruler unit, a cutter knife, an HVS paper sheet measuring A4, 34 counterfeit notes in Rp50,000 denominations, three original notes in Rp50,000 denominations, one motorcycle, two mobile phones," he said.