The Deputy Director of Cyber Crime, Senior Commissioner Andri Sudarmadi, in a press conference on Thursday, said the two foreign nationals were involved in the app developer cluster.
"The foreign national currently being tracked down is LZ, with involvement in Pinjaman Lancar," he said.
Meanwhile, another suspect, identified as S, came from the Dompet Selebriti online loan platform.
Both are Chinese nationals and are currently on the wanted list.
Sudarmadi mentioned that those two are suspected of being connected to PT Odeo Teknologi Indonesia, a payment gateway.
In this case, the Cyber Crimes Directorate has named seven suspects, divided into two clusters:
1. Desk Collection (DC) Cluster: Suspect NEL or JO as DC "Pinjaman Lancar," SB as DC Leader "Pinjaman Lancar," RP as DC "Dompet Selebriti," and STK as DC Leader "Dompet Selebriti."
Evidence confiscated from the four suspects included 11 cell phones, 46 SIM cards, one SD card, three laptops, and one mobile banking account.
2. Payment Gateway Cluster: Suspect IJ as Finance Officer at PT Odeo Teknologi Indonesia, suspect AB as Operations Manager at PT Odeo Teknologi Indonesia, and suspect ADS as Customer Service at PT Odeo Teknologi Indonesia.
Evidence confiscated from the three suspects included 32 cellphones, 12 SIM cards, nine laptops, one monitor, three EDC machines, nine ATM cards, three identity cards, 11 bank books, five internet banking tokens, CVs, job application letters, a partnership agreement from PT Odeo, and other documents.
Sudarmadi said the case was revealed following a report from a victim identified as HFS.
In August 2021, HFS applied for a loan through an app by sending a photo of an ID card and a self-portrait photograph.
The victim made payments on the loan. However, in November 2022, HFS received threats to pay the loan via SMS, WhatsApp, and social media.
As a result of this threat, HFS made repeated loan payments. The terror attacks returned and peaked in June 2023.
"The total losses suffered by our victim, who had already repaid the loans but continued to be extorted for loans, reached approximately Rp1.4 billion (US$81 thousand)," the police said.
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Translator: Resinta Sulistiyandari
Editor: Azis Kurmala
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