As some posters already said...people go to loan sharks, not the other way around. There are many business owners or high society people who are in huge debts, mostly from gambling, and again as someone already said, today's loan sharks usually make legal deals with the help of contracts (notary) and thats how in the end many "victims" lose their businesses, expensive mansions and cars. I have at least a dozen of examples from my neck of the woods regarding former millionaires who lost everything to loan sharks mainly because some of their spoiled brats decided to gamble with 10,000 - 20,000 euros per hand lol.