Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) Police are targeting a number of online loan service providers (Pinjol) which is not registered with the Financial Services Authority (OJK) aka illegal.
Control will be carried out because so far the community has been disadvantaged by borrowing work that burdens customers. Even the Police likens the illegal lending activities to thugs who disturb the public.
“Just as stated yesterday, the case of thugs, this case of online loans (pinjol) is also troubling the public,” said Wadir Tipideksus Kombes Whisnu Hermawan Februanto to reporters at the National Police Headquarters, Jakarta, Thursday (17/6).
He said the Head of the Criminal Investigation Agency (Kabareskrim) of the National Police Commissioner General Agus Andrianto even signed a telegram to the police in the regions to immediately handle outstanding cases in the regions.
Whisnu, citing OJK data, stated that until now there are around 3,000 unregistered loans.
Loan cases often disturb the public because the victims are often terrorized by their collectors alias debt collector. In some cases, collectors disseminate borrower information to relatives without consent.
One of the cases revealed by the Criminal Investigation Department was the Rp Fast company which was allegedly controlled by a Chinese citizen. This company takes personal data illegally.
The Head of Sub-Directorate V of the Directorate of Special Economic Crimes at the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police, Kombes Ma’mun, said that the perpetrators used sophisticated applications from China so that they could siphon off customer data. The Chinese citizen who is the controller is still at large. The police have only arrested five collectors.
“When it comes to technology, it’s really extraordinary, it’s technology from our neighboring country (China). This application is not only for registering people, but also for registering people. suck and can take the data that is on the numbers he wants,” said Ma’mun to reporters at the National Police Headquarters, Jakarta, Thursday (17/6).
They, continued Ma’mun, used the method of falsifying telecommunication data so that they could extract important data such as contact numbers. Later, the data is used to terrorize the victim.
“For example, Person A has made a loan here, there are even more abusive ones that we are investigating further, it is slanderous in nature and this is more troubling,” he added.
In this case, the suspects were charged with Article 30 in conjunction with Article 46 and/or Article 32 in conjunction with Article 48 of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning ITE and/or Article 62 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 8 paragraph (1) letter f of Law Number 8 of 1999 regarding Consumer Protection.
They are also charged with and/or Article 378 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 3 or Article 4 or Article 5 or Article 6 or Article 10 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering.
In several other cases, the police also found that there were lenders who sent vulgar photos and personal data of borrowers to a wide audience on social media. So, borrowers feel pressured.
“Even to the point where there is stress due to this loan is not true,” he added.
Victims are often unable to repay their loans because they are strangled by excessively large interest. These cases of limp, he said, have claimed many victims.
“That’s why we were immediately ordered by Mr. Kabareskrim to make a telegram to the ranks regarding the pattern of handling and anticipating illegal loans so that people will no longer be bullied,” he explained.
Currently, the police are investigating a number of unlicensed lending companies operating in Indonesia. However, investigators have not been able to divulge further on the grounds for the purposes of the investigation.
(mjo/wis)
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