5 Pinjol Desk Collectors Arrested, Turns Out Manage 43 Applications

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JAKARTA - Polda Metro Jaya arrested 5 suspects in cases of illegal online loans (pinjol). From the examination, the suspects are known to manage 43 illegal loan applications.

"The suspects managed almost 43 illegal loan applications," said the Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes E. Zulpan to reporters, Wednesday, June 15.

The suspects have the initials AR, RMD, ZFR, WAS, and AR. Dozens of illegal loan applications managed by them include, now funds, fast money, happy loans, celebrity wallets, and top loans

Disclosure and arrest of suspects based on 5 police reports. In the report, the suspects who act as desk collectors have been troubling the public.

They retaliate by intimidating the borrowers. In fact, it threatens to reveal personal data.

"Threatening to spread data belonging to customers to all contacts in their contacts, thus scaring customers," said Zulpan.

However, this case will continue to be developed. This is because the criminal mastermind or the owner of dozens of illegal loan applications have not been arrested.

Meanwhile, the five suspects who have been arrested have been charged with multiple articles. These include Article 27 Paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 45 Paragraph 1 and/or Article 27 Paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 45 Paragraph 4 and/or Article 32 Paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 46 Paragraph 2, and/or Article 35 in conjunction with Article 51 Paragraph 1.

Then he was charged with Article 29 in conjunction with Article 45 b and/or Article 34 Paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 50 of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions.

They face a maximum imprisonment of 10 years and a minimum fine of Rp. 700 million and a maximum of Rp. 10 billion.