{
  "id": 324830,
  "title": "A $400K lesson on why you should not lend money to others",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/a-400k-lesson-on-why-you-should-not-lend-money-to-others",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-08T21:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Straits Times Business",
    "slug": "straits-times-business",
    "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/business/invest/a-400k-lesson-on-why-you-should-not-lend-money-to-others"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A woman had to go to court twice to reclaim her loan of over $400,000 to a business associate.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}