The Law Society has asked the Metropolitan Police to investigate Wonga after it emerged that the UK’s biggest payday lender had sent letters to customers in arrears from non-existent law firms, threatening legal action.
In a statement today (27 June) the Law Society said it had asked the police to consider whether Wonga had committed the offences of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception and blackmail, as well as implying it was or deliberately pretending to be solicitor.
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