those who are primarily interested in the existence of
cooperatives. These include: first and foremost are
members of the cooperative. Among the prospective
members of the cooperative there are two
possibilities, that among them there are relatively
easily identified such as farmers, ranchers and
others. Conversely there are also those that are
difficult to identify as members of the Village Unit
Cooperative. Among its members it might be a
farmer, but maybe a farm laborer, even a handyman
and so on (Sudarsono, Edilius, 2019).
In addition, the government has put an interest in
cooperatives and has taken the initiative to establish
cooperatives (hereinafter referred to as cooperative
initiators). This is certainly not too difficult to
understand, because the government is carrying out
a mission to advance cooperatives, in accordance
with the desires of the State Policy on the basis of
the 1945 Constitution (building cooperatives so that
they have the ability to be used as a means of
democratizing the national economy) (Sudarsono,
2019).
Often government officials encourage the
community to cooperate. In addition, cooperative
organizations and employees can also take an active
role as pioneers in the formation of new
cooperatives. In addition, religious organizations and
other social institutions, such as schools and colleges
as well as private companies and State-Owned
Enterprises (SOEs) can even start and advance
cooperatives in their respective environments
(Sudarsono, 2019).
Basically, cooperatives can be initiated by
anyone as long as they have the ability to take the
initiative in establishing cooperatives. An important
issue is that cooperatives established must be based
on needs and can provide services to members and
the surrounding community. In practice, if the
formation of cooperatives does not go through
consideration, it can be guessed that the survival of
cooperatives will not last(Sudarsono, 2019).
If the initiative to establish a cooperative is
somewhere, then in the initial stages it will be
difficult to determine the type of cooperative that
will be established based on the character of the
community in the environment. Well-planned action
steps so that in the future the success of a
cooperative really provides great benefits for its
members is needed. Thus automatically the survival
of the cooperative concerned will be guaranteed
(Sudarsono, 2019).
If the cooperative that first grew was a
spontaneous movement, then people began to ask,
what is a cooperative? And people began to give
contents and definitions to the cooperative. Various
definitions have been given to cooperatives and if
we examine further, it appears that the definitions
are developing, in line with the times. Early
definitions generally emphasize that cooperatives are
a forum for economically weak groups. The
definition given by Dr. Fay (1908), states that
cooperatives are an association with the aim of joint
efforts consisting of those who are weak and strived
always in the spirit of not thinking of themselves in
such a way (so that each is able to carry out their
obligations as members and receive compensation in
proportion to their use of organization) (Hendrojogi,
2015).
Indeed, the purpose of cooperatives is to provide
services to members and not to make a profit, but it
needs to be considered and watched out for in its
implementation. Selling goods on a cost basis (at
cost basis) will encourage members to buy a lot of
goods from cooperatives at a "cooperative price" and
then sell them outside the cooperative at market
prices, besides that the cooperative itself needs to get
a surplus from its business that can be used for
capital fertilization (Hendrojogi, 2015).
Cooperative business is a business that is directly
related to the interests of members to improve the
business and welfare of members. The excess ability
of Cooperative services can be used to meet the
needs of people who are not members of the
cooperative. The field of cooperative business is
everything related to the economic life of the people
(Ahmad Sulaiman, 2011).
One type of cooperative according to its business
activities is a Savings and Loan Cooperative, a
cooperative that runs a savings and loan business as
the only business. The activities of Savings and
Loans Cooperatives according to Article 89 of Law
Number 17 Year 2012 concerning Cooperatives
include activities [1]: raising funds from Members,
providing Loans to Members; and placing funds in
its secondary savings and loan cooperative
One of the serial crimes that appear in a
cooperative is a criminal offense that is contained in
Article 378 of the Criminal Code (KUHP), which is
anyone with the intention to benefit oneself or
another person unlawfully, using a false name or
false dignity , by deception, or a series of lies,
persuading others to hand over things to him, or to
give debts or write off receivables, are threatened
with fraud with a maximum jail sentence of four
years.
In connection with the existence of such a
criminal offense the Police carried out a series of
procedures in revealing cases through investigations