{"id":46488,"date":"2026-07-30T16:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=46488"},"modified":"2026-07-30T17:47:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:47:43","slug":"security-authorities-in-aweil-detain-a-man-over-counterfeiting-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/security-authorities-in-aweil-detain-a-man-over-counterfeiting-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Authorities in Aweil detain a man over counterfeiting dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Hou Akot Hou<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Security operatives in Northern Bahr El Ghazal State have been detaining a 38-year-old man in Aweil Town since July 14 over dealing in counterfeit United States dollars.<\/p>\n

Madut Ngong Aleu, the spokesperson of the police, narrated the incident to the media, saying the detained individual is identified as Akol Mou Wol, who has been detained since July 14 until now as a result of counterfeiting dollars.<\/p>\n

Ngong said they have been detaining him for a fortnight in order to help investigate the matter, adding that the accused man, Akol Mou, admitted that he came into the state from Equatoria, as he is alleged to have been doing the counterfeiting for a long time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have detained the suspect simply because he has come into the state with an idea of counterfeiting the dollars, and this is so bad, as it cheats our people into using money that is fake,” he said.<\/p>\n

He said the C.I.D officers had been tipped off about his work moving from door to door exchanging money, and they did their work by arresting him, as investigations are still ongoing.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to what we get from him, he says he came from Nimule and was caught while doing similar work last year but was released, and we wonder why authorities released him without charging him, though he has no other work than doing it to fend for himself; this shows something is not adding up from him,” he noted.<\/p>\n

Aleu alleges that the suspect has a network of people whom they are colluding with in faking the dollars, which they want to renege on by asking him to prove himself right as a case is being opened against him.<\/p>\n

He appeals to the residents to avoid getting people in shops and transact with them using dollars, which are not verified as being seen as authentic.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the accused, Akol Mou Wol, who was presented to the journalists, says he got the money in the form of 300 USD after he sold his smartphone and realised afterward that he had fake money.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was caught all the way from Nimule and transferred to Juba, and they detained me even up to the Blue House and was released. As I am an officer, they released me, and that money was still with me when I reached Aweil town, I began to exchange the money through an alien from Somalia at Ham Seiko, when he got the cash, he saw it was fake, and he then returned the money to me, and I have no other option but to get money for myself as I have an ailing child,” he said.<\/p>\n

Wol says he didn\u2019t realise that the money was fake, as he wanted to start the business of selling phones to feed his family, but unfortunately he has fallen into trouble.<\/p>\n

He warned others against doing such business as he was being interrogated.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs my child is suffering from a swollen foot, I attempted by all means to take French leave from Juba to save him, and that is by exchanging this money so that I can rescue her. Now it is time for me to see what I can do about this situation. And to the rest, kindly cease from doing this business, as it is risky, as somebody mistakenly exchanged the money that I wanted to sell with small phones to sell away,\u201d he implored.<\/p>\n

As South Sudan is grappling with an economic meltdown, most youth find themselves entangled in economic hardship; this latest incident highlights the problems that youth and young people are going through.<\/p>\n

Officials in Aweil say the accused in question will be arraigned in court to determine the level of his penalty, as counterfeiting money is punishable under the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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