Five people sent to jail for Taiwan dollar counterfeiting<\/p>\n
BOGOR (JP): The Bogor District Court sentenced a printing
\ncompany owner and four of her employees on Monday to jail terms
\nranging from seven months to eight months for counterfeiting
\nTaiwan $26 million.<\/p>\n
Presiding judge Soehartono identified the defendants as Sizy
\nAngelina, 49, Ujang Rukmana Achmad, 47, Deni Saepul Rachmat, 46,
\nTediyanto, 45, and Dedi Muhamad Makmur, 39.<\/p>\n
Sizy, the owner of Himalaya printing company, received an
\neight-month sentence. The four men, all of whom worked in Sizy's
\nfirm, were sentenced to seven months each.<\/p>\n
\"Sizy was found guilty of ordering the counterfeiting of the
\nmoney by providing materials and equipment,\" he said. She was
\nconvicted of violating Article 250 of the Criminal Code, which
\ncarries a maximum punishment of six years in prison and a fine of
\nup to Rp 4,500 (50 U.S. cents).<\/p>\n
The employees were found guilty of being accessories to the
\ncrime, a violation of Article 55 of the Criminal Code.<\/p>\n
He said the counterfeiting activities started after Sizy met
\ntwo men, identified as Jansen Johanes alias David and Wang A
\nSung, a Taiwan national, at her house on Jl. Roda, Bogor, in July
\nlast year.<\/p>\n
David invited Sizy to cooperate in printing fake Taiwan
\ndollars.<\/p>\n
Wang gave the defendant a Taiwan dollar note with a face value
\nof 1,000 as a specimen and Rp 12 million for printing fees, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
\"Sizy then ordered her four employees to start printing the
\nmoney,\" he added.<\/p>\n
The defendants printed 10,000 notes each with a face value of
\n1,000 Taiwan dollars in July last year, another 8,000 notes in
\nSeptember last year and 8,000 sheets in January this year,
\nSoehartono said. The money is believed to have been partly
\ndistributed in Taiwan.<\/p>\n
He said 6,600 notes were confiscated and presented as
\nevidence.<\/p>\n
The defendants appeared resigned to the judge's decision. They
\nshook hands with him and greeted their relatives who attended the
\ntrial.<\/p>\n
David and Wang are being tried separately in the same court.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Junus Saiya asked the court to sentence David and
\nWang to 20 months and 18 months respectively. (24\/jun)<\/p>",
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