White Collar Crime
OC Police Officer Arrested for Suspicion of Loan-Sharking
A 28-year-old Orange County police officer and a 38-year-old man from Fountain Valley were recently arrested by the FBI on suspicion of loan-sharking. Working with local police, the FBI conducted an ongoing investigation of the two suspects before making the arrests. Lending money for repayment at a much higher rate of interest than allowed by the law is considered loan-sharking and counted as both a federal and a state offense.