The Financial Services Authority (OJK) reported receiving 8,752 complaints regarding illegal entities from January to June 2025.
In a press conference today, Friderica Widyasari Dewi, Executive Head of Supervision of Financial Services Business Actors' Behavior, Education, and Consumer Protection at OJK, detailed that the majority of complaints targeted illegal online loans (pinjol), totaling 7,096 complaints.
Kiki, as she is known, also reported follow-up actions resulting in cessation of operations. A total of 1,556 illegal online lenders were shut down from the beginning of the year until June 13, 2025. This closure was carried out by the Task Force for the Eradication of Illegal Financial Activities (Satgas Pasti).
Meanwhile, there were 1,056 complaints regarding illegal investments. Consequently, 283 entities involved in illegal investments have been shut down.
"We also submitted a request to block 2,422 contact numbers [related to illegal finance] to the Ministry of Communication and Digital (Kominfo)," said Kiki, as quoted from OJK's YouTube channel on Tuesday (July 8, 2025).
(Read: Indonesian Financial Services Authority Blocks One Thousand Illegal Online Lenders During January-April 2025)