Jakarta, Feb. 21 -- The Financial Services Authority (OJK) has blocked 19,980 fraud-related accounts as of February 9 out of the total 70,390 accounts reported to the Indonesia Anti-Scam Center (IASC).

"The number of fraud-related accounts reported is 70,390, and of those, 19,980 accounts have been blocked, or 28 percent," chief executive of financial services business conduct supervision, education, and consumer protection at the OJK, Friderica Widyasari Dewi, said in Jakarta on Friday.

The OJK reported that the total financial losses reported by victims amounted to Rp700.2 billion, while victims' funds amounting to Rp106.8 billion were blocked.

Dewi said that since it began operating on November 22, 2024, until February 9, 2025, the ...