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Woman charged with loansharking

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 02 Nov, 2023 12:47 PM

B-C’s gang squad says it has secured charges, including loansharking and money laundering, against a 35-year-old woman.

The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit says it began an investigation in 2019 into allegations related to criminal interest rates and illegal operation of a money service business.

The unit says the prosecution service approved charges against the woman from Richmond yesterday.

She faces one count of money laundering, two charges of possession of the proceeds of crime and three counts of receiving interest at a criminal rate.

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