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        "id": 1636746,
        "msgid": "police-arrest-liberian-nationals-for-scamming-victims-using-fake-dollar-scheme-1774529479",
        "date": "2026-03-26 19:07:57",
        "title": "Police arrest Liberian nationals for scamming victims using fake dollar scheme",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Jakarta's Metro Jaya Police have arrested two Liberian nationals suspected of defrauding victims through a \"black dollar\" scam, involving counterfeit currency coated to evade detection. The suspects, initials SDT and I, were apprehended in a West Jakarta apartment on 18 March and are under investigation by the local police. This case underscores ongoing efforts to combat sophisticated international fraud schemes targeting Indonesia.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - Metro Jaya Regional Police arrested two foreign\nnationals from Liberia suspected of scamming their victims using the\n\u201cblack dollar\u201d or fake dollar modus operandi. Head of the Public\nRelations Sub-Division of Metro Jaya Regional Police, Commissioner\nAndaru Rahutomo, confirmed the matter in his statement on Thursday in\nJakarta. \u201cCorrect, two Liberian suspects were secured in an apartment in\nMeruya, Kembangan, West Jakarta, for fraud involving the black dollar\nmodus operandi,\u201d he said. He explained that the two suspects, initialled\nSDT and I, who were secured on Wednesday (18\/3), are currently under\ninvestigation by the Jakbar Police Criminal Investigation Unit. Although\nhe could not yet detail the chronology of the arrest and the amount of\nlosses suffered by the victims, Andaru emphasised that the case would be\nreleased soon. Based on a video received by ANTARA from the Metro Jaya\nRegional Police Public Relations, the two suspects were secured while\neating in a room in the apartment building. Officers showed the arrest\nwarrant to the two suspects. Then, the officers immediately conducted a\nsearch on them. In the video, officers were also seen securing one\nsuitcase containing one bundle of brown-wrapped packages suspected to\ncontain materials for making black dollars. The black dollar modus\noperandi involves foreign currency coated with carbon to deceive\nImmigration and Customs officials for smuggling into Indonesia.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/police-arrest-liberian-nationals-for-scamming-victims-using-fake-dollar-scheme-1774529479",
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