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Anurak and Theerapong
Sukhkasem have been arrested for illegal money lending and threatening
customers who didn’t pay.
Boonlua Chatree
Two brothers allegedly working as loan sharks were
arrested after one reportedly took a slow-paying customer’s air
conditioner.
Anurak Sukhkasem, 29, and his brother Theerapong
Sukhkasem, 24, were captured July 6 near Second Road and Soi 8 where
they operated their Khwa Chain Thun loan operation. Police confiscated
2,170 baht, 43 receipts, 110 name cards, two ledgers and a motorcycle.
The arrest came after a masseuse filed a complaint
with police that she had borrowed money from the brothers at a 20
percent interest rate. When fell behind on payments, she alleged,
Theerapong took her air conditioner as payment.
The two were charged with illegal money lending and
threatening customers who didn’t pay.