Fake loan shark uses victim's identity to obtain loans from 29 other Ah Longs

By NALINIE MEGANATHEN and CLARISSA CHUNG

KUALA LUMPUR: A group of 29 loan sharks were "cheated" when a scammer used the details of another individual to borrow money from them.

Back in January, Bey Hee Wee, 34, had applied for a personal loan of RM10,000, after seeing an advertisement on Facebook.

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