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Couple in court for usurious loans to cops

Couple in court for usurious loans to cops

A former Hanoi police officer and his wife accused of issuing loans to fellow police officers at 182.5% annual interest have been put on trial for usury.
Unemployed workers swim with hungry loan sharks

Unemployed workers swim with hungry loan sharks

Vietnamese workers who lose their jobs often find themselves penniless and unable to obtain bank loans. They’re easy prey for loan sharks.
December 25, 2022 | 08:36 pm PT
Chinese arrested for running usury ring charging 2,000 pct yearly interest rate

Chinese arrested for running usury ring charging 2,000 pct yearly interest rate

A Chinese man and six others were arrested on charges of usury, Hanoi police said Thursday.
May 27, 2022 | 01:57 am PT
Chinese loan sharks charging extortionate interest jailed

Chinese loan sharks charging extortionate interest jailed

A HCMC court Tuesday sentenced two Chinese men and three Vietnamese nationals to 1-1.5 years in jail for running a loan racket charging yearly interest of 912.5 percent.
August 18, 2020 | 06:42 pm PT
Chinese loan sharks infest Vietnam credit waters

Chinese loan sharks infest Vietnam credit waters

Vietnamese police are investigating a rising number of foreign loan sharks, mostly Chinese, targeting low-income workers in urgent need of money.
June 9, 2020 | 05:07 pm PT
HCMC police probe Singapore firm for usury

HCMC police probe Singapore firm for usury

Two HCMC-based companies owned by a Singapore group are being investigated following reports their Vietnamese managers lent money at unreasonably high interest rates.
June 5, 2020 | 06:00 pm PT
Chinese loan sharks caught charging monthly interest of 90 percent

Chinese loan sharks caught charging monthly interest of 90 percent

Two Chinese nationals and three Vietnamese accomplices running a $4.26 million loan racket charging 90 percent monthly interest were arrested in HCMC Monday.
April 21, 2020 | 05:30 am PT
Loan shark violence rising in Saigon: police

Loan shark violence rising in Saigon: police

HCMC police say the recent terrorizing attack on a popular noodle soup restaurant was not an isolated incident.
August 18, 2019 | 05:07 pm PT
Five suspects arrested for vandalizing Saigon pho shop

Five suspects arrested for vandalizing Saigon pho shop

HCMC police Monday detained five male suspects for a series of ‘terrorizing’ attacks on a popular pho restaurant.
August 5, 2019 | 06:59 am PT
Australia jails two Vietnamese cannabis crop-sitters

Australia jails two Vietnamese cannabis crop-sitters

An Australian court sentenced two Vietnamese ‘crop-sitters’ working for hundreds of cannabis plants on Friday.
May 3, 2019 | 10:29 pm PT
State Bank of Vietnam seeks to take on loan sharks

State Bank of Vietnam seeks to take on loan sharks

Mai Thanh Hung used to be the director of a home decor production company in Hanoi, but in 2013 its revenues collapsed.
December 9, 2018 | 05:00 pm PT
 
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