JAKARTA - The Central Java Regional Police revealed a syndicate of debt collection service providers that served several illegal online loan applications that were troubling the public.

Central Java Police Chief, Inspector General Ahmad Luthfi, said his subordinates managed to dismantle the office of an online loan application collection service provider named PT AKS in Yogyakarta.

From a shophouse that was used as the office of PT AKS, he said, evidence of 300 computers was secured which was allegedly used as a means to collect online loan application customers.

"There are four people who have been arrested, one of whom has been named a suspect", he said, Tuesday, October 19, quoted from Antara.

Meanwhile, the Director of Special Criminal Investigation at the Central Java Police, Kombes Johanson Ronald Simamora, said that one of the perpetrators who was named a suspect acted as a debt collector.

According to him, the female suspect is the person who collects the bill accompanied by terror and threats to the victim.

"This company collects based on online loan applications that work together", he said.

In addition to a debt collector, he said, the Director of PT AKS was also secured in the disclosure.

"The role of the director is still being investigated for the criminal elements he did", he said.

According to him, the company, which has been operating for about 6 months, has around 200 employees.

Hundreds of computer units were secured at the company's office, he said, some of which were actively used for billing accompanied by terror and threats to the victims.

Meanwhile, the debt collector who was named a suspect was subsequently charged with Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning information and electronic transactions.


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