Three given prison terms over bogus Tokyo land sale to Sekisui House
Three people were given prison terms Wednesday over a bogus Tokyo land sale in 2017 that targeted home builder Sekisui House Ltd. In the first ruling related to the case, in which 10 people were indicted, the Tokyo District Court sentenced Masami Haketa, 64, and ...
A probe must be conducted to get to the bottom of the scandal and steps taken to ensure it doesn't happen again.
Seven-Eleven Japan employee becomes third suspect in 7pay mobile payment thefts
A Chinese student and Seven-Eleven employee was arrested Friday in connection with the ¥55 million heist conducted via 7pay, the new mobile payment service launched by Seven-Eleven Japan. Yu Huiling is the third suspect to be detained in a case police think may be linked ...
Government urges Seven-Eleven Japan to beef up security after 7pay mobile payment fraud
After customers were allegedly defrauded through unauthorized access, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry tells the operator of Seven-Eleven convenience stores that its mobile payment service is not secure enough.
One of two Chinese men held had paid ¥730,000 for 146 cartons of electronic cigarette cartridges at convenience store in capital using stolen IDs.
Users of 7-Eleven's mobile payment service lose total of ¥55 million after 900 accounts hacked
Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, president of Seven Pay Co., said the company will compensate users for the losses caused by fraudulent access.
Vanuatu nabs six Chinese nationals for allegedly running internet scam
Authorities in Vanuatu have arrested six Chinese nationals following Chinese complaints they were operating an internet scam from the Pacific island, media reported Saturday. Chinese law enforcement officials arrived in Vanuatu shortly before the late Thursday raid in which the six were detained, and helped ...
Japan Post Bank to cap international transfers to counter money laundering
Japan Post Bank Co. plans to set a limit on over-the-counter international cash transfers of ¥5 million ($46,000) to combat money laundering, sources close to the matter said Tuesday. Japan Post Bank with around 120 million account holders, the most among domestic banks, currently has ...
Apartment management firm Tateru to get business suspension order over data fraud
The land ministry plans to slap a business suspension order on Tateru Inc. over data manipulation at the apartment management firm, it has been learned. The order will be issued based on the residential land and building business law, after the ministry's Kanto Regional Development ...
The Osaka Prefectural Police are urging all officers and staff members, totaling some 23,000 people in total, to install special message devices on their fixed-line telephones in an effort to prevent remittance and other kinds of fraud. The devices, which the police developed jointly with ...
Landmark U.S. opioid trial against Johnson & Johnson begins in Oklahoma
The first civil trial that could hold a drug company responsible for the U.S. opioid epidemic began Tuesday in Oklahoma — a case that could affect thousands of others like it. The trial pits the state against Johnson & Johnson. Two other drug companies named ...
Fake social media accounts spread pro-Iran messages during U.S. midterms, cybersecurity firm says
A network of fake social media accounts impersonated political candidates and journalists to spread messages in support of Iran and against U.S. President Donald Trump around the 2018 congressional elections, cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc. said on Tuesday. The findings show how unidentified, possibly government-backed, groups ...
