Police Arrest Illegal Loaning Investors 'Fulus Lucky' That Cause Borrowers To Depression Then Suicide

DOK Rizky Adytia / VOI

JAKARTA - The National Police arrested a financier aka fund supporter of the Solusi Andalan Bersama (SAB) Savings and Loan Cooperative (SAB) with the initials JS which oversees illegal online loans (pinjol) in Wonogiri, Central Java. This arrest was because the loan made a woman desperate to commit suicide because she was in debt.

"As an investor to establish a fictitious company or KSP that is suspected of being used for illegal lending operations," said the Director of Special Economic Crimes at the National Police, Brigadier General Helmy Santika, to reporters, Friday, October 22.

Apart from being a financier, suspect JS also has other roles in the illegal loan-taking case. One of them is as a liaison for foreign nationals (foreigners) from China who also played a major role in the case.

"JS is a facilitator for Chinese foreigners, a community recruiter to become the chairman of the KSP as well as the director of a fictitious PT that is used as an illegal loan operation," said Helmy.

On the other hand, Helmy said the cooperative funded by the suspect was in charge of several illegal loans. One of them is named Fulus Mujur.

This Loan Fulus Luck caused a woman to cause a woman to become depressed by billing her. In fact, to the point of ending his life

"From the results of the investigation, it was found that the victim died by hanging himself due to having borrowed in 23 illegal online loan applications," said Helmy.

In this case, the police also arrested several other suspects. They are the heads of cooperatives with the initials MDA and SR.

Helmy also appealed to the community to work together in eradicating illegal loans. You do this by calling the hotline if you find the practice.

"0812-1001-9202 is the hotline number to receive SMS and WA complaints," said Helmy.