Lined Up Like Mats, This Is The Appearance Of Tens Of Millions Of Fake Money Made By Mothers In Banyuwangi

Banyuwangi Police reveals case of counterfeit money making (IST)

BANYUWANGI - The police arrested a housewife with the initials MW (51) for making and circulating counterfeit money in Banyuwangi, East Java.

The suspect, a resident of Blambangan Village, was arrested with evidence of tens of millions of counterfeit bills of various denominations. This evidence was shown by the police and lined up at the Banyuwangi Police Headquarters. The arrests were made after the police received reports from residents.

"From the report, an investigation was carried out until we finally succeeded in arresting the MW suspect," said the Head of the Banyuwangi Police, Kombes Arman Asmara Syarifuddin, Thursday, May 6.

Arman said the suspect was also a recidivist with the same case in 2010. In this case of negation, the police secured fake money of Rp. 40,060,000.

The details of the counterfeit bills that were confiscated included the denominations of Rp. 20 thousand (20 pieces, Rp. 50 thousand (55 pieces), Rp. 100 thousand (279 pieces). There was also a counterfeit money maker that was confiscated.

According to the police, the mother who became a suspect used real money to make counterfeit money. The suspect cut two halves of the money and then printed the counterfeit bills by scanning a printer.

"So out of 100 thousand real money, the suspect could produce 200 thousand counterfeit bills," he said.

The suspect charged with Article 36 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 26 paragraph (2) of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 7 of 2011 concerning Currency.