Jakarta – Polda Metro Jaya will publish a new suspect in the raid on an illegal online lending office (Pinjol) in Manado City, North Sulawesi.
The Director of General Criminal Investigation at Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Pol Auliansyah Lubis said that investigators are still carrying out developments regarding the illegal loan case.
“At this time there are still 2 suspects. But we will continue to develop it, maybe there are other suspects,” Auliansyah told reporters, Tuesday (6/12).
According to Auliansyah, the two people who have been arrested and named suspects act as leaders and debt collectors at the illegal loan office.
They ordered operators to collect debts from customers by threatening to share personal data and pornographic images.
“So they gave instructions to the operators to charge them by threatening and spreading the indecent photos,” said Auliansyah.
As previously reported, Polda Metro Jaya in collaboration with the North Sulawesi Regional Police Cyber Sub-Directorate raided an illegal loan office in Manado City, on Tuesday (29/11).
The raid started with a report from residents to Polda Metro Jaya. The victim, as the borrower of funds, felt threatened by the terror carried out by the loan office.
“The crackdown was carried out in one of the shophouses in the Ruko Marina area, Manado City, which is strongly suspected of being the place where the online loan operated,” said Auliansyah.
According to Auliansyah, the illegal loan office operates under the guise of being a cooperative. At the time of the raid, it was found that 40 people were working using computers and laptops.
Based on the results of the investigation, it is estimated that the illegal loan office has been operating for about a year and generates a turnover of Rp1 billion.
“It is known that the operation of online loans under the names KreditNow, AkuKaya, KamiKaya and EasyGo do not have permission from the Financial Services Authority (OJK),” said Auliansyah.
Then Polda Metro Jaya also named two suspects with the initials A and G in connection with the illegal loan loan case in Manado.
“A is the debt collector officer who threatens the victim and G is the leader of the illegal loan,” said Head of the Cyber Subdirectorate of the Special Criminal Investigation Directorate (Ditreskrimsus) Polda Metro Jaya, Kompol Victor Daniel Henry.
The two suspects were charged with Article 30 juncto Article 46 and/or Article 32 in conjunction with Article 48 and/or Article 29 in conjunction with Article 45B and/or Article 27 paragraph (4) in conjunction with Article 45 paragraph (4) of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Amendments to the Law 11 of 2018 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions.
Apart from that, A and G are also subject to Article 65 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 115 of Law Number 7 of 2014 concerning Trade. bembo
