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Old 06-11-2009, 01:40 PM
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A ruthless loan shark who charged his victims interest at up to eight million percent has been jailed for eight months.Ian Jenkins, 43, targeted homeless people in Gloucester with illegal loans to fund their drug and alcohol habits.Taking personal documents and pin numbers as security, he charged 30% interest per day on the loans - [...]

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Old 06-16-2009, 04:53 PM
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this is ridiculous, surely someone as ruthless as this should be getting more than 8 months in prison, especially since he'll prob be out sooner on good behaviour
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Old 06-23-2009, 05:44 PM
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Interesting, I wonder how they caught up with him??!
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What else can I say, other than BEWARE OF DOORSTEP LENDERS:
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