inp.polri.go.id - Semarang. The Central Java Regional Police arrested an online loan debt collector (pinjol) who spread immoral content with threats accompanied by violence, carried out by a woman with the initials AKA to borrowed customers.
Central Java Regional Police Chief, Pol. Inspector-General Ahmad Luthfi explained that the suspect, AKA spread immoral content to an online loan customer named Erna.
"Furthermore, Erna clicked on the application link then filled in her identity, account number and sent a photo of her ID card and selfie photo," said the Central Java Regional Police Chief, Tuesday (10/19/21).
He also explained that the victim received a bill via Whatsapp message to make a payment.
Previously, the victim, the application link, was filled in, even though no funds came in from the loan when the bank balance was checked.
"The victim was told to pay an online loan of IDR 2,200,000 and IDR 1,340,000, which had been transferred by the SIMPLE LOAN online loan application vendor on September 1, 2021, after which the victim checked his savings, and there were no transactions. As a result, the victim ignored the bill," he said.
Victims often receive threats in the form of unpleasant sentences and immoral acts through social media because they ignore the bill even though the victim did not feel that he received the loan money.
Finally, Tuesday, October 12, 2021, the victim reported to the Central Java Regional Police's Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation office.
"The Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation then investigates to find the whereabouts of the perpetrators who have sent threatening sentences along with extortion, photos of victims juxtaposed with edited photos containing content that violates decency suspected of being in the Yogyakarta area," said the Central Java Regional Police Chief.
Then on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at 01.00 AM, the Sub-Directorate V/Tipidsiber Team of the Central Java Police Ditreskrimsus led by the Head of Sub-Directorate 5/Cyber Crime unit of the Central Java Regional Police's Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation took police action at a boarding house at Dr Sutomo Bausasran street, Danurejan, Yogyakarta City and arrested AKA.
"When arrested, we secured 300 computers that were used to terrorize loan customers. In addition, there are also four people, but one has just been named a suspect. We will continue to develop this because there are approximately 34 reports related to illegal loans," he said.
In addition, the suspect was charged with terrifying threats and extortion, as regulated in Article 45 paragraph 3 in conjunction with Article 27 paragraph 3 of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning amendments to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions.
"The maximum penalty is four years in prison and a fine of IDR 750 million," concluded the Central Java Regional Police Chief.
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Central Java Regional Police Arrest Debt Collector of Online Loan, Extort Victims with Immoral Content
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