OJK! Just A Month Already Blocked 10 Bodong Investments And 50 Illegal Loans

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JAKARTA - The Financial Services Authority (OJK) through the Investment Alert Task Force (SWI) in January 2023 is said to have closed 10 entities that made illegal investment offers, aka bulging and blocking 50 illegal online loans (pinjol).

The head of the Investment Alert Task Force, Tongam Tobing, said that this action is also an indication that illegal investment offers and loans are still looking for victims.

"This condition must be watched out for by the public to always be careful in choosing investment and utilizing online loans," he said in a press statement on Thursday, February 2.

Tongam explained that his party always tries to prevent victims from falling from illegal investments and loans by continuing to seek information through data crawling through the investment alert application big data center.

"From the information obtained, SWI will coordinate to block/website/applications and submit information reports to the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police to take action according to their authority," he said.

According to Tongam, the handling of illegal investments and loans was carried out jointly by all SWI members from 12 Ministries/Institutions. SWI is not a law enforcement officer so it cannot carry out legal proceedings.

Meanwhile, in response to some information circulating in the community, SWI emphasized that it has never prohibited the withdrawal of funds from the perpetrators by victims of fraudulent investments.

"SWI orders the return of public losses to every illegal entity whose activities are stopped. Do not easily believe the reasons made by the investment actors, if the perpetrator complicates the withdrawal of funds, immediately report them to the police," he stressed.

In detail, 10 entities that offered unlicensed investment, consisting of two money games, two crypto assets, two Hajj and Umrah activities, and four other activities without permission.

Meanwhile, the blocking of 50 illegal loans fulfills the work of the Task Force which has closed 4,482 entities from 2018 to early 2023.

"SWI encourages law enforcement against these illegal online loan actors by continuously blocking sites and applications so that they are not accessed by the public. If they find a suspicious investment offer, the public can consult or report to OJK contacts 157," Tongam concluded.