Student loan arrest sparks debt repayments

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published April 4, 2016

The arrest of a student loan defaulter is being credited for a spike in overseas repayments and people offshore making contact with Inland Revenue about their student debt.

WELLINGTON, April 4 - In January and February this year the IRD pocketed $29.7 million from overseas-based borrowers, a 31 ...

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