January 2009
Yolando Castillo, a Filipino engineer, was stabbed to death inside a suspected loan shark's flat on Defence Road in Abu Dhabi. A family friend said the Filipino owed the lender Dh10,000 plus 15 per cent interest. But the result of a postmortem examination merely said "death at home". This finding was rejected by Castillo's wife, Nancy.
May 2010
Three alleged loan sharks, all from Bangladesh, were accused of dragging a man on to a rooftop and beating him to collect on a Dh500 debt that had accrued Dh6,000 in interest. They were arrested on charges of kidnapping and assault after a tip-off by a car park attendant who witnessed the man being forced into a vehicle. They denied the charges before the Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance.
September 2011
The decomposed bodies of Anil Kumar, 44, his wife, Sreeja, 31, and daughter, Anusree, 8, were found hanging from the ceiling of their home in Ras Al Khaimah in what police believed was a murder-suicide because of financial hardship. Kumar's passport was found in the family's apartment, but those of his wife and daughter were thought to be in the hands of moneylenders.
- Ramona Ruiz
