inp.polri.go.id - Semarang. The Central Java Regional Police's General Criminal Investigation Unit has busted a gang of counterfeit money makers and suppliers. In addition to arresting six suspects, police also confiscated 500 counterfeit IDR 100,000 bills, 1,800 semi-finished bills, and 480 uncut bills.
In addition to displaying the stacks of counterfeit money, police also presented six suspects in the counterfeit money case review: W, 70, alias Mbah Noto, a resident of Boyolali; M, 50, alias Yanto, a resident of Tangerang Regency; BES, 54, a resident of Kudus; HM, 52, a resident of Bogor Regency; JIP, 58, alias Joko, a resident of Magelang Regency; and DMR, 30, alias Dimas, a resident of Sleman, Yogyakarta.
"This arrest stemmed from a report from a resident in the Boyolali area who discovered counterfeit money in circulation. Officers then deployed to the location and successfully apprehended two suspects, W and M, in front of Soto Pandawa 2, Ngaru-aru, Banyudono District, Boyolali Regency," said the Director of General Criminal Investigation of the Central Java Regional Police, Senior Superintendent Dwi Subagio, as reported by metrotvnews, Wednesday (8/6/2025).
Following the development of the arrests, officers arrested suspects BES and HM in Sleman, Yogyakarta. This led to a raid on a house in Depok, Sleman, Yogyakarta, which was being used as a counterfeit money production facility, and arrested two other suspects, JI and DMR.
In addition to finding a stash of counterfeit money, consisting of 500 IDR 100,000 bills, 1,800 semi-finished counterfeit notes, and 480 uncut counterfeit notes, police also found counterfeit money-making equipment such as a printer and paper.
The suspects confessed that they had produced 4,000 counterfeit IDR 100,000 (IDR 400 million) bills in five production runs since June 2025, and sold them at a 1-for-3 ratio, meaning each IDR 100 million counterfeit bill was sold for IDR 30 million.
Dwi stated that the counterfeit bills were planned to be distributed through restaurants, grocery stores, and traditional markets. They even claimed to have learned how to make counterfeit money from social media.
However, investigators are not yet convinced and are still investigating the suspects' statements, as some of them have experience making counterfeit money.
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