Four arrested over fake money

Four arrested over fake money

JAKARTA (JP): North Jakarta Police detectives arrested four
men for allegedly trying to sell undercover detectives packages
they claimed contained Rp 800 million (US$106,700) in counterfeit
Rp 50,000 bills, on Jl. RE Martadinata on Tuesday night.

"Sellers of counterfeit money sell their merchandise and get
paid in real money. We thought we would get Rp 800 million in
counterfeit money and bust these guys. Instead, they tried to
sell us blank paper," North Jakarta Police chief of operational
control Maj. Bayu said on Wednesday.

He identified the four as Eddy Sutrisno, Sidik, Sukirno and
Ednar, who claimed to have fooled people at least three times
into buying "blank paper for hundreds of millions of authentic
rupiah".

"They told people they had counterfeit money. People just
bought it without checking, at least three times. They have
bought several cars with the real money they got," Bayu said.

"The suspects earlier conducted their operations in the
Pancoran area of South Jakarta and Central Java."

Bayu said North Jakarta Police received information about the
suspects from residents on Tuesday.

Police immediately contacted Eddy, and arranged to buy fake
money totaling Rp 800 million for a negotiated price of Rp 300
million in authentic money.

"We promised to meet at the Pasir Putih bus stop on Jl. RE
Martadinata, at about 9 p.m. on Tuesday," Bayu said.

"We did not have the Rp 300 million, so we just caught Eddy
and his friends, and confiscated the five packets, each about 40
centimeters long, from them."

"In each packet, there was only one real Rp 50,000 bill on
top, one Rp 50,000 bill below, and all blank paper in between."
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