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Police arrest eight, seize Rp 30m in fake banknotes

Yogita Tahilramani
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta

The police arrested eight men and seized Rp 30 million (about
US$3,000) in fake Rp 100,000 banknotes on Saturday, but the
public should be cautious as the gang admitted to having put some
Rp 500 million in fake banknotes into circulation in the capital.

The men arrested in the raid on their house included the
suspected leader of the counterfeit ring, Dadang Ruchiyat, alias
Dudi, according to South Jakarta Police chief of detectives Adj.
Comr. Merdisyam.

Merdisyam told The Jakarta Post on Sunday that police also
seized chemicals, paint and raw materials used to print the
counterfeit notes, a money printing machine, computers, printers
and banknote dryers from the house on Jl. Peninggaran Barat II in
Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta.

"The suspects have yet to tell us anything that could possibly
link the central bank or PT Peruri (state-owned banknote printing
company) to the raid and arrests.

"These men are professionals ... they said they have been
studying how to make the perfect Rp 100,000 banknote for over a
year," Merdisyam said.
Despite the arrests and the seizure of the counterfeit money,
the public should remain cautious as Dadang Ruchiyat reportedly
told the police his gang had managed to put some Rp 500 million
in fake banknotes into circulation.

The raid was made possible following the April 3 arrest of
three men -- Ridhwan, Kontan and Oni -- at the Satay House
Senayan restaurant in South Jakarta, by undercover detectives
posing as buyers of counterfeit money.

Police had earlier received information from the public about
these three men, who reportedly sold Rp 1.7 million in fake
banknotes for Rp 1 million.

The three men led police detectives to two other alleged
distributors of counterfeit money, Erik and Marsono, who pointed
them to the house on Jl. Peninggaran Barat II.

This is the second counterfeit case involving Rp 100,000
banknotes this year. On March 20, city police thwarted an attempt
by a group of counterfeiters to change Rp 108 million in
counterfeit money into U.S. dollars at the PT Limindo money
changer on Jl. Sultan Iskandar Muda in South Jakarta.

In that case seven suspects were arrested. But BB and TN,
believed to be the masterminds of that operation, fled before
police stormed the Limindo office.

Among the seven suspects arrested, all of whom are apparently
well-educated, are a doctor and an employee at the National Land
Agency. Commander Heri Wibowo of the Kebayoran Lama Police said
the suspects were all professionals with ties to a large,
sophisticated counterfeiting network.