Bareskrim Dismantle Counterfeit Money Circulation Syndicate In Karawang

Illustration of the arrests. (Antaranews)

JAKARTA - The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police (Bareskrim) has dismantled a syndicate of circulation of counterfeit money or money laundering in the Karawang area, West Java. Three suspects were arrested, one of whom was a recidivist.

"Discovering the case of the circulation of counterfeit money, the Directorate of Special Economic Crimes arrested and named three suspects," said Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division Kombes Nurul Azizah in a statement, Thursday, October 6.

The three suspects had the initials A, K, and FM. They were arrested at different times and locations.

Suspects A and K, continued Nurul, were arrested in the Karawang area, West Java, last September 20.

"The arrests of suspects A and K are related to the counterfeit money case in Karawang," said Nurul.

From the arrest, investigators made developments. Until finally, the suspect FM was arrested in the Mangga Dua area, West Jakarta, on October 3.

During the arrest, 7,762 counterfeit notes were found in the IDR 100 thousand denomination, 8 pieces of semi-finished counterfeit money, 5 sheets of fake currency paper, 50 pieces of counterfeit money ribbon, and other supporting tools for making counterfeit money.

However, the role of FS in the counterfeit money trafficking syndicate has not been explained in detail. Allegedly, he is the mastermind of the crime or the supplier of ointment to suspects A and K.

So far, FM has only conveyed that he is a recidivist of a similar case. Currently, he is still being investigated intensively in order to explore several other things.

"There is still a further investigation process," said Nurul.