Hong Kong police arrest 46 over illegal money lending scheme targeting domestic workers

[HKFP] - 11/27/2024

Hong Kong police have arrested 46 people allegedly involved in an illegal money lending scheme, in which they posed as phone retailers and offered loans to domestic workers with annual interest rates as high as 400 per cent. Police said on Tuesday that 17 men and 29 women, aged 20 to 76, were (…)



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