Police Freeze Bank Accounts Owned By Illegal Online Lending Firm
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22 October 2021 00:19 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The National Police criminal investigation unit (Bareskrim) froze two bank accounts linked to two illegal online lending firms after police managed to detain a member of an illegal online lending firm identified as JS.
JS was arrested in a police raid that cracked down seven illegal lenders a while ago. "One saving and loan cooperative dubbed SBA was founded by a Chinese citizen 'ZJ'. The blocked bank account had IDR 20.5 billion," said the National Police spokesperson Grand Commissioner Ahmad Ramadhan on Thursday, October 21, 2021.
According to an official police report, the suspect JS acted as the administration facilitator for the Chinese national in establishing an illegal online lending firm based in Jakarta. He also helped ZJ obtain visa permits and other permits.
Both gathered thousands of tax identification numbers (NPWP) in order to make two savings and loan firms, which police eventually tracked down as fictitious companies.
The investigation helped police decide to freeze the bank accounts which were used by the two men to make illegal lending services, "then they started to offer loans to members of the public," said Ramadhan.
ANDITA RAHMA
