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Man arrested for selling counterfeit bills via Facebook learned on YouTube
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Indonesian rupiah bills. (Antara/M N Kanwa)
Tanjung Priok Police have arrested Surya Adnan Kasogi, aka Yogi, 30, for allegedly selling counterfeit money via Facebook.
“We arrested the suspect at one of his relatives’ houses in Menduran, Malang, East Java, on May 23,” Tanjung Priok Police’s general crime unit head Adj. Comr. Faruk Rozi said on Friday, as quoted by tempo.co.
The crime was uncovered when cyber personnel monitoring social media found an account allegedly selling counterfeit money. The police persuaded the suspect to make a transaction in Plumpang, North Jakarta.
However, upon learning that the suspect resided in Malang, Tanjung Priok police cooperated with the Malang Police to arrest the suspect, who allegedly had operated the business since 2017.
“The suspect learned [to counterfeit money] from Youtube,” said Faruk.
He added that the suspect sold Rp 3 million (US$212) in counterfeit money for Rp 1 million rupiah.
The police confiscated a printer, notebook and fake Rp 50,000, Rp 20,000, Rp 10,000 and Rp 5,000 bills. (iwa)
