Guineans nabbed for cheating

Guineans nabbed for cheating

JAKARTA: City police arrested on Tuesday two Guinea citizens
for allegedly tricking businessman Heru Purnama of US$114,000
into believing that he could multiply his dollars using their
equipment.

Ali Lazarus, 34, and Mozes Lazarus, 25, were nabbed at Park
Lane Hotel in South Jakarta after Heru reported them to the city
police headquarters.

City police special crime unit deputy chief Adj. Sr. Comr.
Anton Wahono said Ali and Moses had offered Heru to double his
dollars.

"Ali and Moses dipped a piece of black paper into water
containing a chemical substance, and when they took it out it
became a dollar bill. They asked Heru for US$60,000 to buy a
chemical substance in Tanjung Priok. Heru gave them that amount,"
said Anton at city headquarters.

The suspects said that it was not enough so they asked Heru
for more money, which he gave them.

After waiting for days, the two foreigners failed to show up,
prompting Heru, who gave a total of $114,000, to report them to
the police, who managed to recover only several thousands
of dollars from the two. -- JP