Tribratanews.polri.go.id - Jakarta. The National Police is collaborating with the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) to investigate the illegal SIM card registration of the suspect in the MLN online loan (pinjol) case. Perpetrators enter a resident identification number (NIK) from the internet and the Scribd platform to activate the SIM card.
"We will coordinate with Kominfo regarding this finding due to illegal access," said the Sub-Directorate IV Chief from The Directorate of Special Economic Crimes (Dittipideksus) of the Indonesian National Police's Criminal Investigation Department, Pol. Grand Commissioner Andri Sudarmadi, Friday (11/19/21).
Police officers hope that companies that provide starter packs can prevent illegal activation from irresponsible people.
MLN sells several SIM cards to an illegal borrower from the desk collection section, J, through e-commerce. At first, MLN bought a SIM card from an online shop. Then, he resells the card to the illegal loan sharks with a profit of IDR 1,000 per SIM card.
The SIM cards vary; some are not active, some are registered. The NIK that was entered into the starter pack was obtained from illegal access on the Scribd Platform. MLN has been trading SIM cards since November 2019.
An illegal loan suspect used the prime card to threaten the victim. One of the victims in this illegal lending network is a housewife in Wonogiri, Central Java. The victim was desperate to hang himself because he couldn't stand the terror of illegal online borrowing.
