SINGAPORE - A 39-year-old man was arrested for involvement in loansharking activities.
The suspect had given away his ATM card and Personal Identification Number (PIN) to a loansharking syndicate to facilitate unlicensed moneylending, investigations showed.
He was arrested in the vicinity of Hougang Avenue 9 at about 4.35pm on Aug 17.
If found guilty of assisting in the carrying on of the business of an unlicensed moneylender, he faces a fine of between $30,000 and $300,000, a jail term of up to four years and up to six strokes of the cane.
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