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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.
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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