Hundreds of police rushed in to check Home Credit and the debt trading office

Recently, hundreds of policemen were present at Linh Tay apartment building in Thao Dien ward, Thu Duc city. Here, the functional forces suddenly raided 2 debt trading offices Galaxy and Home Credit.

On the morning of March 28, the Criminal Police Department coordinated with the Thu Duc City Police (HCMC) and related units to inspect the Galaxy debt trading office in Linh Tay apartment building, D1. Hundreds of police are present at Linh Tay apartment building, Linh Tay ward, Thu Duc city (HCMC) to check the Galaxy debt trading office, located on the 1st and 2nd floors of Linh Tay Tower.

According to initial information, around 9 am on the same day, hundreds of police blocked off apartments and rental buildings on Nguyen Van Giai street (Thao Dien ward) to check two debt trading offices. At the apartment building on D1 street (Linh Tay ward), the police force, the traffic police, the traffic police... focused on blocking and blocking the area to check the Galaxy debt trading facility on the 1st and 2nd floors of the building.

Similarly, dozens of official vehicles and many policemen also blocked the road in the area of the building where Home Credit rented to operate on Nguyen Dang Giai Street, Thao Dien Ward, Thu Duc City to search inside the building. .

From outside the apartment gate, many officers and soldiers of the Public Security, Police, and street guards are on duty to keep order around the area for functional units to perform their duties.

It is known that the Galaxy debt trading office registers debt trading and financial activities.

In front of the apartment building, there are many functional forces such as regional police, traffic police, mobile police, street guard, militia and self-defense force... on duty.

As noted by reporters, dozens of official vehicles and a large number of police forces, mobile police, street guards... Those who are not related are asked not to enter. Filming and photography of reporters is also restricted.

There are also dozens of policemen checking inside. At 10:30 a.m., the inspection was still going on, many police asked the staff to stop working to serve the inspection and information collection.

According to a source, this unit is registered for debt trading and financial activities. The authorities have not yet announced this inspection.

At noon on the same day, the functional forces also simultaneously inspected the financial facility of Home Credit One Member Limited Liability Company at Nguyen Dang Giai Street, Thao Dien Ward, Thu Duc City. This facility has hundreds of employees working in the financial sector.

Talking to Tuoi Tre, a representative of Home Credit confirmed that the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department worked with this unit from 10am to 2pm today, March 28. This representative also said that this was an unannounced inspection. The inspection contents are related to fire prevention and fighting and the observance of legal regulations on financial activities.

"This morning, the authorities checked two units, the Galaxy debt trading office (located in Linh Tay apartment building) and Home Credit (Thao Dien ward, Thu Duc city). These are two independent units, and Home Credit does not buy and sell debt," said a representative of Home Credit.

Home Credit is a consumer finance group with presence in 10 countries such as Russia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Kazakhstan, China, Vietnam, India and total assets up to 14.7 billion Euro.

Home Credit Vietnam has been operating since 2008, is one of the units with a large market share in the field of installment loans, including installment loans for consumer goods, cash loans and credit cards. Currently, Home Credit has about 6,000 employees and a network of 9,000 service introduction points in 63 provinces/cities.

Recently, the Ministry of Public Security, the Public Security of Ho Chi Minh City and the police of many provinces and cities across the country are focusing on strictly dealing with units of debt trading and debt collection in the style of gangsters, hiding in the shadow of financial offices. main, law.

These units specialize in the acquisition of debt from financial offices and banks. Then, organize the staff to use calling tricks to intimidate the debtors, their relatives and friends; or carry out other illegal methods to collect debt.

Recently, the police of Ho Chi Minh City and districts have prosecuted and handled a series of people hiding in the shadow of businesses such as: Mirae Asset Finance Limited (headquarter of District 1), Power Law Limited (headquartered in District 12). ) or shares of debt purchase and sale of Vietnam Prosperity, Young Generation Law Limited Branch (with headquarters in Tan Binh district) to recover debts in a way that violates the law.