LEGAL ASSISTANCE ON ILLEGAL INVESTMENT IN CANGKRING VILLAGE, WONOGIRI REGENCY

Abstract

The development of technological advances has encouraged the development of the financial industry in Indonesia. The increasingly complex financial system brings up various benefits, as well as various problems such as the rise of business entities that facilitate the public in terms of investment activities but are not officially legalized from the competent authority. Investment is an investment with guaranteed profits in the future. This investment activity is a way to increase the added value of the capital owned by investors by providing their capital to a certain business. The rise of the middle class in Indonesia is a trigger for the development of investment products. The condition of the economic development of Cangkring Village which is starting to develop and the high public response to investment products make it easy for people to invest. Investing with the greatest possible profit with the smallest possible capital makes people tempted and tend not to be scrupulous about an investment product, one of which is illegal investment. This service is a form of the tri dharma of higher education which aims to provide an overview to the public about investments that are in accordance with the rule of state law and investments that are not in accordance with the rule of law. This method of service uses the lecture method and the built in participatory method or direct involvement in the community. The results of the activity show that public awareness about investment is still low, this is due to the lack of knowledge and public literacy regarding investment.