inp.polri.go.id – Polda Metro Jaya arrested 11 suspects who operated 58 illegal online loan applications. On their operations, they threaten their customers when they collect loans.
Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya, Commissioner Endra Zulpan explained that the 11 suspects had their own respective roles. The suspects have the initials MIS, IS, JN, LP, OT, AR, FIS, T, and AP, who act as debt collectors. Then, DRS as leader and S as manager.
Based on the examination, the suspects collect the debt from their customers via online. In their act of collecting the debt, they verbally abuse the victim by threatening to spread their personal info to the public.
“The suspects verbally abuse their customers, by saying that their personal data would be distributed to all customer contacts, which made the customer afraid,” said Commissioner Endra Zulpan at the Metro Jaya Police Headquarters, Friday (27/05/22).
The arrests of 11 suspects were made in five different locations, namely Cengkareng, Kalideres, Petamburan, Kebayoran Baru, to Kembangan. The disclosure of this case is based on reports from the victims
After collaborating with the Ministry of Communication and Information the 58 applications have now been closed.
For their actions, the 11 suspects were charged with Article 27 Paragraph 4 in conjunction with Article 45 Paragraph 4 and/or Article 29 in conjunction with Article 45 b and/or Article 32 Paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 46 Paragraph 2 and/or Article 34 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 50 Law Number 19 2016 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions with a minimum imprisonment of four years, a maximum of 10 years and a fine of Rp10 billion.
