inp.polri.go.id – Due to the advancement of the technology, there have been many people caught by fraudulent investment revealed recently. It has become an urgent need for the Police to collaborate with the Financial Services Authority (OJK) to massively educate the public about the importance of financial literacy, Friday, (24/03/22).
The truth is, OJK’s has already collaborated with the National Police (Polri) since 2018. Only at that time, OJK collaborated with the Bhayangkari Central Executive Board (PP) in promoting financial literacy and inclusion in Indonesia.
The Memorandum of Understanding, between OJK and the Bhayangkari Central Management, was signed by the Chairman of the OJK Board of Commissioners, Wimboh Santoso, and the General Chairperson of Bhayangkari, Tri Tito Karnavian, at the Bhayangkari Office.
Education and socialization of financial literacy are very important, in fact the Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) of Polri is currently investigating the cases of illegal investment such as Binomo, DNA Pro, etc.
The numbers of victims are not small, the public’s financial loss is estimated at trillions of rupiah.
Therefore, to prevent people from being trapped in illegal investment practices, the Police should immediately implement cooperation with the OJK to increase education and socialization of financial literacy to the public.
OJK continues to encourage financial literacy education. Financial literacy education to the public is very necessary, apart from being an instrument in increasing the financial literacy index, as well as a preventive measure so that people do not easily trust and be deceived by entities or parties who seek profit by exploiting the weaknesses of the community in using financial service products.
Likewise, people with a good level of financial literacy will encourage public awareness in managing their finances wisely, so that people’s financial goals can be fulfilled properly, and the community can avoid harmful things such as illegal entities that are currently often happens in the community.
In fact, the results of the 2019 National Financial Literacy and Inclusion Survey (SNLIK) show a financial literacy index of 38.03% and a financial inclusion index of 76.19%.
Although still relatively low, this figure is an increase compared to the 2016 SNLIK results, namely the financial literacy index of 29.7% and the financial inclusion index of 67.8%.
It’s only natural that at this time there are still many victims trapped in illegal investments in trading robots such as those being investigated by Bareskrim Polri.
The importance of the Police in continuing to hunt down the perpetrators of illegal investment crimes in trading robots needs to be encouraged more by building public financial literacy through massive education and outreach.
