OSAKA — Osaka police have arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion he used forged health insurance certificates to open bank accounts under false names, officials said Monday.
Police suspect that Teruhiko Ikeda, whom they describe as jobless and with no fixed address, had “sold” the bank accounts through the Internet. His customers may have used the accounts to perpetrate fraud and other crimes, the officials said.
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