IASC Blocks 485,758 Accounts, Saving Rp614.3 Billion in Scam Funds

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Financial Services Authority (OJK) through the Indonesia Anti-Scam Centre (IASC) reports that it has blocked 485,758 accounts out of a total of 932,138 accounts reported by potential scam victims (fraud). “From these blockings, IASC has successfully saved funds for potential fraud victims amounting to Rp614.3 billion since it was established on 22 November 2024 until 29 April 2026,” said the Executive Head of the OJK’s Behavioural Supervision of Financial Services Business Actors, Education, and Consumer Protection, Dicky Kartikoyono. In the April 2026 Monthly Commissioners’ Meeting (RDKB) press conference held online in Jakarta on Tuesday, Dicky stated that the Indonesia Anti-Scam Centre has become a platform to support the national commitment in handling scams. “We have handled quite a significant number. The number of accounts already blocked is 485,758, with the total victim funds we have saved amounting to Rp614.3 billion,” he said. Furthermore, 279,104 reports were directly submitted by victims to the IASC system. “IASC has also successfully returned victim funds worth Rp169.3 billion, which are funds from accounts in 19 banks used by fraud perpetrators,” said Dicky. For information, IASC or the Financial Transaction Fraud Handling Centre was established by OJK together with members of the Task Force for Eradicating Illegal Financial Activities (Satgas PASTI), supported by banking and payment system industry associations. As a result of these complaints, the Task Force for Eradicating Illegal Financial Activities (Satgas PASTI) ultimately identified and halted 951 illegal online loan entities and three illegal investment offerings on various websites and applications that had the potential to harm the public. Additionally, from 1 January 2026 to 13 April 2026, OJK has received 177,244 service requests through the Consumer Protection Portal Application (APPK), including 25,392 complaints. From this number of complaints, 8,529 complaints came from the banking sector, 10,768 from the financial technology industry, 5,185 from financing companies, 555 from insurance companies, and the rest related to the capital market sector and other non-bank financial industries.