Inp.polri.go.id - Surabaya. Sub-Directorate III Violent Crime, Directorate of General Crime, East Java Regional Police, succeeded in uncovering a syndicate that allegedly falsified a free Covid-19 certificate. The suspects have produced and sold 600 fake certificates within four months in Sidoarjo Regency. From this disclosure, the East Java Regional Police arrested five suspects including, NH, (33) a resident of Gasbullah Banjarejo Village, Malang; SG, (36) a resident of Pabean Village, Sedati District, Sidoarjo; MZA, (22) a resident of Pagerwojo Village, Buduran District, Sidoarjo; IB, (51 ) a resident of Malik Ibrahim Kuwangsan Sedati, Sidoarjo; and IF, (27) a resident of Petukangan Ampel, Surabaya. "The five suspects have their respective roles, while the suspects are secured at bypass road, Sedati District, Sidoarjo," explained the Head of Public Relations of the East Java Regional Police, Police Grand Commissioner. Gatot Repli Handoko, Tuesday (11 May 2021). The suspect NH played a role as a fake doctor certificate maker (results of rapid test swab antigen and PCR swab), AF acted like a person to print fake doctor certificate (results of rapid test swab antigen and PCR swab) "Meanwhile, the three other suspects, namely IB, SG and MZA, played a role in helping to find the order for the certificate of the rapid test results of the antigen swab and PCR swab (marketing)," said Gatot. While at the same place, the East Java Regional Police Directorate of General Crime Police Grand Commissioner Totok Suharyanto explained that the modus operandi used by the suspects was that they jointly marketed the certificate of the results of the Antigen Swab and PCR Swab belonging to Sheila Medika Hospital to customers who needed an instant certificate without being examined. "The perpetrator has committed the criminal act of counterfeiting for about four months and has printed approximately six hundred fake certificates of antigen swab test results," explained Totok Suharyanto. The forged certificate belongs to Sheila Medika Hospital, located at Letjen Wahono, bypass Juanda Baru, Sedati Gede, Sedati, Sidoarjo, where the previous NH suspect was work as an office boy of Sheila Medika Hospital who has fired four months ago.