FUKUSHIMA — Police have arrested Issa Manabe, a 23-year-old pachinko parlor employee, for allegedly staging a ¥28 million ($190,000) robbery at his workplace in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture. According to investigators, …
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Sho “BlackRay” Hasegawa, a professional Rainbow Six Siege player for Japan’s CAG Osaka esports team, has been arrested along with six others on serious criminal charges. Authorities accuse the group …
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Fake Financial Services ScamsFinancial
Kenji Nanba Arrested for Defrauding Nihon University Students
TOKYO, June 10 (Jiji Press) – A former manager of Nihon University’s weightlifting club has been arrested for allegedly defrauding scholarship students out of millions of yen under the pretense …
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Nagano Prefectural Police arrested 46-year-old Yusuke Yaguchi, an unemployed man from Nagano, on Sunday, after he was suspected of fatally stabbing one person and injuring two others near Nagano Station …
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Keiko Muto, a 26-year-old woman from Kyoto’s Kamigyo Ward, was arrested by Saitama police on Tuesday in connection with a burglary resulting in injury. She is accused of acting as …
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Tokyo Land Fraud Scam: Uchida and Kaminskas Convicted in Massive Real Estate Fraud In a striking real estate fraud case in Tokyo, a court has sentenced 71-year-old Mike Uchida and …
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Smishing Scams
Saitama Police Arrest Jun Kiyohara and Three Others for Alleged Involvement in Multi-Million Yen Fraud Scheme
SAITAMA, JAPAN — Four Japanese men were arrested on November 19, 2024, after being transferred from the Philippines to Japan for their involvement in an extensive fraud scheme. The men, …
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A Japanese court has sentenced 23-year-old Rikuto Nagata to life imprisonment for his role in a violent robbery that resulted in the death of a 90-year-old woman in western Tokyo. …
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Business & Job Opportunity ScamsBusiness-Related
Aiko Nakamura Accused of Fraud for Impersonating Disneyland Staff
Aiko Nakamura, a resident of Ota City in Gunma Prefecture, is facing serious allegations of fraud after reportedly impersonating an employee of the Oriental Land Company, which operates Tokyo Disneyland. …