PUBLISHED: 5 Oct 2022 at 19:10
CHON BURI: Sixteen Chinese nationals thought of running a prohibited online money-lending company were jailed throughout an authorities raid in the beach town of Pattaya beach town on Wednesday.
Authorities and migration officers robbed a three-story townhouse in tambon Nong Prue of Bang Lamung district at around 3pm on Wednesday following details that a gang of foreign nationals had actually been utilizing your house as an operations base supplying unlawful online money-lending services to customers in Hong Kong.
When going into the properties, the group discovered 16 Chinese nationals working inside the townhouse. Home computer, a computer system note pad, a photo copier device, 20 cellphones and many files gotten in touch with unlawful money-lending services were taken.
Pol Maj Gen Kitthanet Thanananthaweesin, Chon Buri cops chief, stated the foreign money-lending gang had actually gotten in Thailand 6 months earlier and kept altering lodging to prevent being jailed. They later on transferred to the leased townhouse in Pattaya prior to being jailed.
An examination discovered the 16 Chinese nationals had actually gotten in the nation on traveler visas. They had actually not yet overstayed their visas, however offered unlawful money-lending services to customers in Hong Kong and charged rate of interest as high as 50%. There were numerous countless Hong Kong dollars in month-to-month blood circulation from numerous clients, stated Pol Maj Gen Kitthanet.
Throughout questioning, the suspects admitted they had actually picked Thailand as a base to run their company as it was far from their nation. Besides, travel and lodging expenses and other expenditures were low.
The suspects were kept in cops custody at Pattaya police headquarters for operating in the nation without consent. They would be turned over to Hong Kong authorities to deal with charges connecting to running a prohibited money-lending company.
