Polisi Gerebek Kantor Pinjol Illegal Di Manado, 2 Orang Jadi Tersangka

The raid on the loan office in Manado, North Sulawesi.

JAKARTA - The Cyber Sub-Directorate of the Special Criminal Investigation Directorate of the Polda Metro Jaya raided an online loan office (pinjol) allegedly threatening it at the time of billing of its customers. The raids were carried out in the Manado City area, North Sulawesi.

Director of the Special Criminal Investigation of the Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes Auliansyah Lubis, said the Polda Metro Jaya was coordinating with the Cyber Sub-Directorate of the North Sulawesi Police in dismantling this loan practice.

"On November 29, 2022, the Metro Jaya Police Cyber Sub-Directorate team took action at one of the shophouses located in the Marina area of Manado City, which is strongly suspected of being the place where the online loan operates," Lubis said in his statement, Sunday, December 4.

In this raid, Lubis said that his party found 40 people who were operating on loan using a laptop or computer. The examination was carried out and as many as 2 suspects were determined.

Lubis explained that in carrying out this loan, he used four illegal loan applications that did not have a permit from the Financial Services Authority (OJK). The four of them are named Loan Now, AkuKaya, KamiKaya and EasyGo.

"This illegal loan activity has been running for approximately one year with customer money and money circulation estimated at billions of rupiah every month," he said.

The Head of the Cyber Sub-Directorate of the Ditreskrimsus Polda Metro Jaya, Commissioner Victor Daniel Henry Inkiriwang, said that for his actions, 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 Law 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions.

They are also subject to Article 65 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 115 of Law Number 7 of 2014 concerning Trade. Where, said Viktor, they face a maximum sentence of 12 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 12,000,000,000, (twelve billion rupiah).

"Until now, a team from the Cyber Sub-Directorate of the Polda Metro Jaya in collaboration with a team from the North Sulawesi Police Cyber Sub-Directorate is still investigating the parties who were detained at the illegal loan office and will conduct further investigations to dismantle the entire illegal online loan operation," concluded the viktor.