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FRAUD

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / Longform
Apr 10, 2023
Are rising crime rates in Japan cause for alarm?
After tumbling for two decades, the number of criminal offenses in the nation jumped last year. Should we be worried?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 7, 2023
Arrest warrants obtained for 19 Japanese men in Cambodia over alleged scam calls
After the men, believed to be members of a fraud ring, are handed over to Japanese authorities, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department plans to transfer them to Japan and arrest them.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 17, 2023
Japan to crack down on crime rings that recruit via social media
Kishida has called for stronger measures against online posts offering 'dark part-time jobs,' while stressing the need to conduct 'cyberpatrols' to end recruiting for crimes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 17, 2023
Two indicted over killing of Tokyo woman believed to part of a spate of robberies
The two men were arrested on suspicion of robbery-murder after Kinuyo Oshio, 90, was found dead at her home in Komae with her hands tied and head bleeding.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 16, 2023
Exiled Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui charged with billion-dollar fraud in U.S.
Guo and his financial adviser, Kin Ming Je, conspired to cheat thousands of victims via a series of fictitious businesses and investment opportunities, prosecutors allege.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 1, 2023
Two high-profile Japan robbery suspects given fresh charges over theft
The arrests of Yuki Watanabe, 38, and Tomonobu Kojima, 45, come a day after two other men deported from the Philippines were also served new arrest warrants for related allegations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 1, 2023
Man in western Japan guilty of fraud after receiving ¥46 million in COVID relief money
A district court handed the defendant a prison term of three years, but suspended for five, on the grounds that he expressed remorse for his actions and the money was returned.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Feb 20, 2023
Spate of robberies across Japan expose social media's role in enabling crime
Social media appears to have made it possible for a disparate group of individuals organized from overseas to carry out a series of crimes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 29, 2023
Philippines plans to deport suspected 'Luffy' robbery mastermind to Japan
A senior Philippine official said any decision to deport the suspect ultimately rests with a local court and there is a chance that an early deportation may not be possible.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 29, 2023
Charges in Manila may stall deportation of alleged Japan robbery mastermind 'Luffy'
An investigative source said that Yuki Watanabe, the suspected ringleader, may be hoping that a separate case will help him avoid deportation to Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 28, 2023
Leaders of 'Luffy' robberies in Japan suspected of being behind Manila fraud ring
The suspected 'Luffy' mastermind and three others appear to be senior members of a fraud group from which 36 members were detained in the Philippines in 2019, a source said Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 11, 2023
Longtime Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg gets 5 months in prison in tax fraud case
The Trump Organization's former chief financial officer admitted that he and other executives received bonuses and perks that fraudulently saved the company and themselves money.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 4, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty in FTX fraud case as trial is set for October
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate could face up to 115 years in prison if convicted.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 22, 2022
Two Bankman-Fried associates plead guilty to fraud as FTX founder heads to U.S.
The 30-year-old cryptocurrency mogul faces charges over what has been described as 'one of the biggest financial frauds in American history.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 14, 2022
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried charged with fraud and denied bail
The former FTX CEO, who was arrested in the Bahamas on Monday, lowered his head and hugged his parents after the magistrate judge refused bail citing a 'great' risk of flight.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 13, 2022
Juvenile delinquency in Japan increased during COVID-19 school closures
For the whole of 2021, the total number of recognized criminal offenses, excluding driving incidents resulting in deaths or injuries, stood at 568,104, down 7.5% from 2020.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2022
Ex-Theranos president Ramesh Balwani gets 13-year prison term in fraud case
Balwani and the company's founder, Elizabeth Holmes, had promised to revolutionize the medical industry by using a few drops of blood to complete a wide array of health tests.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 7, 2022
Trump companies are convicted in NY criminal tax fraud trial
It is the first time a Trump business has been convicted of criminal conduct and comes as the former president is running for a second term.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2022
Nomura made foreign exchange trades for Glen Point at heart of U.S. fraud case
Nomura Holdings pushed through hundreds of millions of dollars of trades for hedge fund Glen Point Capital that are now at the center of U.S. criminal charges, sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 6, 2022
Failed ‘Captain Tsubasa’ NFT offers window into the risks of crypto
While Japan has not yet experienced a large NFT boom, some of the country's most famous pop culture staples have been appropriated for dubious 'Web3' products.
Tokuryū, a new crime menace in Japan, emerges from the shadows
The National Police Agency coined the term "tokuryū" to classify individuals involved in dark part time jobs and quasi-gangsters, using the words "tokumei" (anonymous) and "ryūdo" (fluid) to reflect their characteristics.
Thanks, tourists. Views of Mount Fuji are now blocked.
Tourists pose in front of a convenience store with Mount Fuji on Friday in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. Local residents are upset over littering, overcrowding and the inconvenience caused by the visitors.
Is Modi’s party heading for a stunning election loss?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign tactics have escalated, including anti-Muslim rhetoric and fearmongering, reflecting his ruling party's desperation.
Two more arrested over brutal murder of couple in Tochigi
A vehicle carrying Seiha Sekine, the 32-year-old common-law husband of the deceased Tokyo couple's first daughter, leaves a police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Tuesday.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Stormy seas ahead as Beijing and Manila trade barbs over secret deal
Philippine Marines wave to Philippine Navy personnel and the media during a resupply mission at their military outpost, the BRP Sierra Madre, a warship run aground in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in 1999, in the South China Sea, in March 2014.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Xi bristles as Macron and von der Leyen urge China to do more on Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen walk after their meeting in Paris on Monday.
How a Japanese scientist is turning the climate crisis into music
A screencap of a performance of Hiroto Nagai's “String Quartet No. 1 ‘Polar Energy Budget’” by the PRT Quartet

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