In the fight against fraud, the possibility of limiting the issuance of quick loans should be considered, said the head of the Financial Intelligence Service (FIS), Toms Platicis, on Wednesday at a meeting of the Saeima's commission on defense, internal affairs, and the fight against corruption.
At the meeting of the Financial Intelligence Service (FIS) commission, a report was presented on the results of the work for the past year. Deputies asked Platicis whether the regulatory framework was sufficient for performing work functions, and the head of the institution replied that he does not see the need for significant changes at this time.
At the same time, he would like to draw the deputies' attention to the rise in fraud. It is one thing when criminals fraudulently obtain the victim's savings, but in many cases, the victims themselves provide their data, and in one day, several quick loans are issued in the name of a person.
Platicis shared that he and his colleagues have thought a lot about how to limit situations where such loans can be taken, for example, ten in an hour. The only solution he can propose is to prevent the issuance of multiple loans in one day.
"Unfortunately, I do not have a proposal, and I understand that quick loans need to be quick, but if we could somehow limit it so that only one quick loan is issued per day, it would improve the statistics," said Platicis.
