News Forum - 2 Chinese and 17 Thais arrested for illegal money lending apps

[Thaiger]

On Thursday, Thai police reported the arrests of two Chinese citizens and 17 Thais for operating several illegal money lending applications charging interest rates of 2,080 percent per year. The Center for Countering Abuse by Loan Sharks of the Royal Thai Police investigated more than 40 illegal money lending applications after numerous victims filed complaints in the last 12 months. The police reported that the two main applications lending money to victims were named “Self Service” and “Wallet for You to Borrow.” Inside these applications, users could find links to over 40 related apps that allowed them to borrow money. […]

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[Giltee]

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

On Thursday, Thai police reported the arrests of two Chinese citizens and 17 Thais for operating several illegal money lending applications charging interest rates of 2,080 percent per year. The Center for Countering Abuse by Loan Sharks of the Royal Thai Police investigated more than 40 illegal money lending applications after numerous victims filed complaints in the last 12 months. The police reported that the two main applications lending money to victims were named “Self Service” and “Wallet for You to Borrow.” Inside these applications, users could find links to over 40 related apps that allowed them to borrow money. […]

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Surely not the wonderful Chinese people involved in criminal activity once again? It seems they  commit about 80% of the foreign crime reported in Thailand 

[Rookiescot]

50 minutes ago, Giltee said:

Surely not the wonderful Chinese people involved in criminal activity once again? It seems they  commit about 80% of the foreign crime reported in Thailand 

No!

Filthy pig dog decadent westerners disguise themselves as honorable Chinese people and commit crimes.

Is very racist. 

We have map showing this. 

[Viggen840]

14 hours ago, Giltee said:

It seems they  commit about 80% of the foreign crime reported in Thailand 

That figure seems low. I would suggest closer to 95% and that is probably generous. Every day we read about a new Chinese crime arrest. Now they are getting involved in human trafficking. There has to be an end somewhere.

[Leo]

8 hours ago, Viggen840 said:

That figure seems low. I would suggest closer to 95% and that is probably generous. Every day we read about a new Chinese crime arrest. Now they are getting involved in human trafficking. There has to be an end somewhere.

It seems crime is another major Chinese "export".

[Poolie]

And the conviction rate is..........................?

[Rookiescot]

32 minutes ago, Poolie said:

And the conviction rate is..........................?

Not high enough.

[Viggen840]

1 hour ago, Poolie said:

And the conviction rate is..........................?

In direct reverse proportion to the amount of brown envelopes dropped on senior officers' desks

[Poolie]

Supposition and conjecture.  Hope you've had a wonderful day.