inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. The West Jakarta Non-TPI Class I Immigration Office arrested three foreign nationals (WNA) for possessing counterfeit money and violating the stay limit in Indonesia based on visa ownership.
The three WNA are TFN and FJN from Cameroon and BDD from Canada. The three were arrested in West Jakarta on Tuesday (5/6/2025) and Thursday (5/22/2025).
Acting Director General of Immigration, Yuldi Yusman revealed that the two WNA from Cameroon were arrested when officers raided an apartment in the Daan Mogot area, West Jakarta.
When officers checked TFN's residence, officers found 1,600 US dollars in his residence.
"Immigration officers who were suspicious of the physical condition of the dollar bills then coordinated with the Indonesian National Police (INP) Criminal Investigation Unit to conduct further investigations into this finding. After being examined by INP's forensic laboratory, the US dollar bills belonging to TFN were counterfeit money," said Yuldi in a press conference held in Jakarta on Tuesday (5/27/2025).
Officers also checked TFN's cell phone. In it, there was communication activity with another foreigner with the initials FJN in an application group. FJN, who also lived in the same apartment as TFN, was finally arrested by immigration.
"Until now, FJN is still under investigation by the police to determine if there is a relationship and involvement of FJN in relation to the counterfeit money," he said.
A few days later, the immigration team conducted another raid at an apartment in the West Jakarta area. In the raid, the team arrested BDD for staying beyond the visa time limit and for having allegedly counterfeit money amounting to 900 US dollars.
BDD entered Indonesia on December 14, 2024 using an Investor ITAS sponsored by PT. Bahagia Kurnia Abadi.
During the examination, BDD admitted that he had never invested any capital in the company.
TFN and BDD were proven to have misused the residence permits granted to them because they did not carry out investment activities in accordance with the purpose for which they were granted their residence permits.
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