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THEFT

Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 10, 2017
When it comes to restaurants, people steal the darndest things
Since time immemorial, silverware has found a way to walk out of dining rooms. But the golden age of modern restaurant theft occurred in the early 2000s.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 4, 2017
Cybersecurity firm finds evidence linking North Korea to New York Fed bank heist
Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab on Monday said it had obtained digital evidence that bolsters suspicions by some researchers that North Korea was involved in last year's $81 million cyber heist of the Bangladesh central bank's account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Feb 4, 2017
Honesty is the best policy for lost property
Last month, I withdrew some money — ¥100,000 to be precise — from an ATM near Tokyo's Shibuya Station.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 19, 2017
Thief makes €15 million jewelry heist in Cannes
A robber brandishing a pistol and a grenade stole diamonds worth €15 million ($16 million) on Wednesday in the French Riviera town of Cannes and calmly escaped on foot, a regional prosecutor said.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2017
Naked woman steals Arizona sheriff's car, is caught after hourlong high-speed chase
A naked woman who said she had been sexually assaulted stole a sheriff's vehicle on Thursday and led authorities on a long high-speed chase that ended in the middle of an Arizona highway, a sheriff's deputy said.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 23, 2016
Philippines charges bankers for ignoring cyberheist
The Philippines has filed charges against five officials of RCBC bank and a former treasurer who "wilfully ignored" suspicious activity that led to tens of millions of dollars vanishing after a heist on Bangladesh's central bank.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 31, 2016
SWIFT discloses more cyberthefts, pressures banks on security
SWIFT, the global financial messaging system, on Tuesday disclosed new hacking attacks on its members' banks as it pressured them to comply with security procedures instituted after February's high-profile $81 million heist at Bangladesh Bank.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / ANALYSIS
Aug 31, 2016
Cryptocurrency exchanges under attack, risking repeat of Mt. Gox debacle
When hackers penetrated a secure authentication system at a bitcoin exchange called Bitfinex earlier this month, they stole about $70 million worth of the virtual currency.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 13, 2016
D.B. Cooper's final escape: FBI halts case 45 years after legendary U.S. skyjacking
It looks as if the man known as D.B. Cooper — the legendary criminal who hijacked a U.S. passenger plane, extorted $200,000 in ransom and parachuted to an uncertain fate — may have gotten away with it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 25, 2016
Japan an alluring target for Standard Bank ATM thieves
Criminals who stole millions of dollars from automatic teller machines across Japan in a three-hour spree probably chose the country because banks consider it a low fraud risk, security experts say.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 22, 2016
Cyberthieves exploit banks' faith in SWIFT transfer network
On Jan. 12, 2015, a message from a secure computer terminal at Banco del Austro (BDA) in Ecuador instructed San Francisco-based Wells Fargo to transfer money to bank accounts in Hong Kong.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 9, 2016
Following cyberheist, SWIFT technicians accused of leaving Bangladesh Bank exposed to hackers
Bangladesh's central bank became more vulnerable to hackers when technicians from SWIFT, the global financial network, connected a new bank transaction system to SWIFT messaging three months before a $81 million cyberheist, Bangladeshi police and a bank official alleged.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2016
Bangladesh Bank heist used compromised SWIFT software
The attackers who stole $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank probably hacked into software from the SWIFT financial platform that is at the heart of the global financial system, said security researchers at British defense contractor BAE Systems.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2016
In Iowa corn fields, Chinese national's seed theft exposes vulnerability
Tim Burrack, a northern Iowa farmer in his 44th growing season, has taken to keeping a wary eye out for unfamiliar vehicles around his 300 acres of genetically modified corn seeds.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 6, 2016
Trail in cyber heist suggests hackers were Chinese: Philippine senator
A Philippine senator said on Wednesday that Chinese hackers were likely to have pulled off one of the world's biggest cyber heists at the Bangladesh central bank, citing the network of Chinese people involved in the routing of the stolen funds through Manila.
WORLD
Mar 25, 2016
North Carolina man arrested over rented VHS tape 14 years overdue
A wanted North Carolina man was arrested this week on charges he failed to return a VHS tape to a video store 14 years ago, police said on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 10, 2016
Aging gang jailed for England's biggest burglary
A gang of aging criminals that carried out an audacious multimillion pound raid on a safe-deposit business in London's jewelry district last year were jailed Wednesday for their role in the largest-ever burglary in English legal history.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2016
'Grandpa gang' guilty of London's biggest burglary
Three men were found guilty on Thursday in the largest burglary in English legal history, a daring multimillion pound raid on a safe-deposit business in London's jewelry district led by pensioners who had spent a life in crime.
WORLD
Nov 29, 2015
Brazilian police hunt copter-stealing Santa Claus
Brazilian police are hunting for a Sao Paulo Santa Claus who kicked off the Christmas shopping season by stealing a helicopter.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 26, 2015
Man pleads guilty to stealing human brains from Indiana medical museum
A 23-year-old Indiana man pleaded guilty Wednesday to breaking into a medical museum and stealing preserved human brains and other tissue that he then sold online, authorities said.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.
Akazawa's trip to Washington for tariff talks abruptly canceled
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, had been set to fly to Washington on Thursday.
Confusion over Japan’s ‘hometown’ plan overshadows African development event
First Lady Yoshiko Ishiba (center, in white and blue dress) hosts an event on Japanese culture with the first ladies of African leaders on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Virtual singer Kaf's music becomes magic in 'Kamitsubaki City Under Construction'
Virtual singer Kaf got her start in 2018 by posting songs and covers to YouTube. Now, after having performed live shows at major venues including Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, she is turning to voice acting and starring in the new anime series “Kamitsubaki City Under Construction.”
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.
Is Kishida plotting a return of the king? Or would he rather stay a kingmaker?
Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chairs a plenary session at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.

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