Pinjol At Ruko Jakbar Has 56 Employees, 6 Suspects: Supervisor And Debt Collector

Dozens of employees collecting online loan customers (Pinjol) were arrested by the police/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - The Central Jakarta Metro Police Criminal Investigation Unit named 6 people as suspects from 56 online loan employees (pinjol) who were secured from a shophouse in Sedayu Square, Cengkareng, West Jakarta, some time ago.

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Central Jakarta Metro Police, Kompol Wisnu Wardana, confirmed that his party had named 6 people as suspects in the online loan (pinjol) case.

"Of the six suspects, they are administrators, collectors or debt collectors," he told reporters, Sunday, October 17.

Meanwhile, regarding the rest of the other employees who were detained, further investigations are still being carried out at the Central Jakarta Metro Police Headquarters.

"The six suspects are out of 56 people who have been detained. The others are still being developed, being investigated," he said.

Six people named as suspects, most of them have the status of online loan administrators (pinjol).

"The suspect is the leader supervisor at the loan company. Others are debt collectors," he said.

The six suspects were charged with Article 27 paragraph 4 of the Law on Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE).

Until this news was written, the Central Jakarta Metro Police Criminal Investigation Unit was still developing the online loan case.

Previously, it was reported that the Central Jakarta Metro Police Special Criminal Investigation Unit arrested 56 online loan syndicates (Pinjol) at a shophouse in Sedayu Square, West Jakarta. From the results of the police investigation, it is suspected that the shophouse often disturbs the public because it often threatens the safety of the borrowers.

"We received reports from the public that there was a loan syndicate that threatened the safety of residents. Finally we investigated and we dismantled it," said Central Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Pol. Hengki Haryadi to VOI at the location, Thursday, October 14.

From the results of the investigation, the shophouse was used as the headquarters of illegal online loan syndicates. The police first checked the loan shop at the OJK, it was found that the loan was illegal.

"This loan is illegal, we have secured some evidence and dozens of employees at the loan syndicate office," he said.