inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. Currently, there are still many illegal loans across the country. Cyber patrol continues to be carried out by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police. On the other hand, the involvement of foreign nationals is often found behind illegal lending activities.
Deputy director (Wadir) of the Directorate of Economic and Special Crimes (Tipideksus) of the National Police Bareskrim, Commissioner Helfi Assegaf explained that in several cases of illegal lending, they found that foreign nationals were the masterminds in these activities.
"From what we found in these illegal lending, there are Chinese citizens and American citizens among other foreign nationals that led this illegal activity, "explained the Wadir Tipideksus during the webinar, Friday (11/2/22).
He also explained that usually these foreign nationals randomly recruit several Indonesian citizens to become their employees. In the recruitment process, these employees are promised a large salary.
"But in fact, they were given salaries that were not in accordance with the agreement," he explained further.
He added that the practice has differences in carrying out its operations. According to him, many illegal loan lenders offer loans via SMS and several massive advertisements.
“They offer the loans via SMS or applications and massively distributed randomly to the public. They offer loans easily without face to face, "he explained.
