CHON BURI: Twelve members of a Chinese loan-sharking gang utilizing Thailand as a base for a prohibited loaning service in China charging customers 30% interest a month were detained throughout raids on 2 homes near Pattaya in Bang Lamung district.
A combined group of Chon Buri and Pattaya traveler authorities bring search warrants got in 2 leased homes at Garden Ville 2 housing estate in tambon Huay Yai around midday.
At the very first home 5 Chinese nationals – a male and 4 females – were sitting operating at computer systems, which were taken in addition to web interaction devices and files.
At the 2nd home, about 300 metres away, 7 Chinese males were dealing with computer systems. Numerous sets of files providing information of loans and clients were taken, in addition to computer systems, web equipment and other products.
Pol Col Chiddecha Songhong, superintendent of Nong Prue authorities and head of the Chon Buri authorities centre to reduce global bad guys and prohibited immigrants, stated they had actually gotten info over a month ago that Chinese nationals had actually leased 2 homes at the estate. They rarely headed out and when they did their actions excited suspicion.
Detectives discovered they were running a site unlawfully supplying a cash providing service, Pol Col Chiddecha stated.
The 12 suspects had actually been employed by a Chinese shylock and paid 20,000 baht a month to run the prohibited service in Thailand. The gang paid 40,000 baht a month to lease the 2 homes, which they utilized as their main office.
The 5 suspects in the very first home were charged with calling clients and authorizing loan applications through the web, at a rates of interest of 30% a month.
The 7 in the 2nd home were charged with gathering cash and interest from clients. They would send out individual info about debtors who made late payments or declined to pay to gang members in China, who would gather the cash. A minimum of one million baht a month was flowing through their racket, Pol Col Chiddecha stated.
Throughout interrogation, the 12 suspects informed authorities they had actually gone into Thailand as travelers. They picked to run the money-lending service from Thailand since the charges in China were serious.
Cops at first charged them with being foreign nationals on short-lived stay visas working without licenses. They were later on turned over to Huay Yai police headquarters for legal action.
5 Chinese nationals detained at the very first home. (Picture by Chaiyot Pupattanapong)
