REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — The Indonesia Financial Services Authority (Otoritas Jasa Keuangan/OJK) noted that the total loss to society due to illegal investments from 2017 to the first quarter of 2025 has exceeded IDR 142.13 trillion or USD 8.74 billion. The figures show that illegal financial activity is still rampant despite various crackdowns.

“The value of losses due to illegal investments in 2017 up to the first quarter of 2025 reached IDR 142.13 trillion,” said Chief Executive Officer of OJK Financial Services, Education, and Consumer Protection Supervisor Frederica Widyasari Dewi during a speech at the event “National Campaign to Combat Scam and Illegal Financial Activity” in Jakarta, Tuesday (19/8/2025).

The largest loss recorded in 2022 was Rp120.79 trillion, a sharp jump from 2021 which amounted to Rp2.54 trillion. In 2025 (until the first quarter), the loss reached Rp105 billion, followed by 2024 at Rp2.35 trillion, and 2023 at Rp603.9 billion. Meanwhile, 2020 recorded IDR 5.9 trillion, 2019 IDR 4 trillion, 2018 IDR 1.4 trillion, and 2017 IDR 4.4 trillion.

According to OJK data, 1,840 illegal financial entities have been dismissed so far, consisting of 1,556 illegal online loans and 284 illegal investments. OJK also received 11,137 complaints from the public, consisting of 8,929 complaints of illegal investment and 2,208 complaints of illegal investments.

Frederica or Kiki confirmed that OJK continues to strengthen coordination with law enforcement authorities to crack down on offenders through the Indonesia Anti Scam Center (IASC).

“The expectation going forward when the public complains to the IASC, it automatically becomes a complaint to law enforcement authorities for further proceedings. If we are in the Task Force DEFINITELY, some illegal complaints have been followed up and hopefully we will continue to enforce this," she said.

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