43 held in money-lending probe
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A TOTAL of 43 people have been detained in connection with an investigation into allegations of illegal money lending in the Pudong News Area, police said yesterday.
At least six people — most of whom are people who relocated to Pudong after their homes in other parts of the city were demolished — have been identified as victims, police said.
Of the people detained, 26 have been accused of illegal money lending, and harassing and threatening borrowers, while 17 are suspected of being members of an online gambling gang that sold personal information about its clients.
People who borrowed money from the gang were charged an average of 30 percent a month interest, police said.
One person who claimed to have borrowed 70,000 yuan (US$11,300) said he was told three months later that his debt had risen to 1.3 million yuan, they said.
People who refused or were unable to make their repayments were threatened or harassed, police said, adding that they are appealing for other victims, or anyone with evidence of the alleged crimes, to come forward.
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