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🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Couple Found Carbonized Operated a Loan Shark Scheme in Roraima, Investigation Points Out

A couple found dead and burned in Brazil were reportedly involved in a loan sharking operation, according to police investigations that have led to multiple search warrants.

Mar 19 • 16:24 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Victim of kidnapping in Manaus is forced to call mother during torture; VIDEO

A man was kidnapped and tortured in Manaus, Brazil, being forced to call his mother during the ordeal as part of a crime linked to loan sharking.

Mar 18 • 16:09 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Husband of police delegate arrested for using Civil Police car was already being investigated for fraud, loan sharking, and threats

Renan Rachid Silva Vieira, the husband of a Minas Gerais police delegate, was arrested for using a police car and was already under investigation for multiple crimes including fraud and loan sharking.

Mar 11 • 22:22 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
National & Local

Illegal loan sharking that harassed office workers with annual rates of 5200%... ‘One report’ stopped illegal collections

A worker, who borrowed 10 million KRW at an exorbitant annual interest rate of 5200%, reported his harassers and was able to halt illegal collections through a new one-stop support system implemented by the Financial Services Commission in South Korea.

Mar 9 • 02:49 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

See what is known about the PM suspected of loan sharking against a manicurist

A Goiás military police lieutenant, Rhainna Iannari Gomes Lima, is under investigation for allegedly engaging in loan sharking and making threats against a manicurist, who accuses her of extorting over R$ 36,000 from her due to high interest rates on a loan.

Mar 2 • 07:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Manicure says she took on a debt of R$ 2,500 with a police officer suspected of loan sharking and has already paid over R$ 18,000

A manicure in Aparecida de Goiânia claims to have paid over R$ 18,000 on a R$ 2,500 debt to a police officer suspected of loan sharking, amid allegations of threats and misconduct.

Feb 27 • 07:01 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

PM suspects of loan sharking claims she was the victim of a manicure who owed money

A lieutenant of the Goiás Military Police claims to be a victim of a scam by a manicure who accused her of loan sharking.

Feb 26 • 17:31 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Police Officer Suspected of Loan Sharking and Threatening Manicurist Who Owed Money: 'When It's Time to Be Bad, I'm Terrible'

A military police officer, Rhainna Lima, is suspected of loan sharking and threatening a manicurist in Aparecida de Goiânia over a debt of R$ 2,000.

Feb 26 • 11:02 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Operation targets loan sharking scheme and fraud in consortium in Manaus

Brazilian police conducted a raid on a luxury condominium in Manaus as part of an investigation into loan sharking and consortium fraud that allegedly diverted around R$ 70 million.

Feb 24 • 12:02 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Police conduct search and seizure at the address of a Palmas City Chamber server investigated for extortion

A civil servant from the Palmas City Chamber is being investigated for extortion involving exorbitant interest rates and has faced police action including search and seizure.

Feb 20 • 22:26 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Operation arrests group suspected of loan sharking and extortion against an advisor to the Justice Court of AM

Six people were arrested in Manaus during a police operation investigating loan sharking and extortion against an advisor of the Amazonas Justice Court.

Feb 12 • 14:45 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Gang arrested on suspicion of extorting businessman in Barra Mansa

The Civil Police arrested two members of a loan sharking gang linked to a criminal faction for extorting a businessman in Barra Mansa, who continued to receive threats despite repaying his debt.

Feb 6 • 11:25 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Suspects of million-dollar loan sharking scheme arrested in operation in PI, MA, and CE; R$ 1 million blocked

Several suspects involved in a million-dollar loan sharking scheme were arrested during the third phase of Operation Macondo, with police seeking to apprehend 24 individuals across the state of Piauí, Maranhão, and Ceará.

Feb 5 • 09:58 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Suspect of loan sharking is executed after car crash in Greater BH; video shows crime

A 33-year-old man, suspected of being a loan shark, was shot dead in Contagem, Brazil, after a car crash while attempting to collect a debt.

Feb 3 • 22:41 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Couple living a luxurious life arrested for loan sharking and money laundering in ES; justice blocked R$ 70 million in assets

A couple was arrested in Baixo Guandu, Espírito Santo, for loan sharking and money laundering, with the Justice blocking R$ 70 million in suspicious assets linked to their criminal activities.

Feb 3 • 19:09 UTC

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