Angeles, Jun 06 (News On Japan) –
The suspected ringleader of a Japanese felony group often known as “JP Dragon,” which is believed to have been working a large-scale cellphone fraud scheme out of the Philippines, has been detained by native authorities.
According to officers from the Philippine immigration bureau, 55-year-old Ryuuji Yoshioka was taken into custody on June 4th in Angeles, Pampanga Province, close to the capital Manila. Yoshioka is accused of main the JP Dragon group, which is made up of Japanese nationals allegedly concerned in so-called “special fraud” operations, reminiscent of cellphone scams. Japanese police had issued a warrant for his arrest on theft expenses.
The JP Dragon group has been the topic of accelerating regulation enforcement motion. Last yr, its number-three determine, Tomohiro Koyama, was arrested. Just final month, seven different members had been additionally taken into custody, underscoring a rising crackdown on the group’s actions.
Authorities imagine JP Dragon has shut ties with the so-called “Luffy group,” which was behind a string of violent robberies in Japan and can be thought to have been coordinating operations from the Philippines.
Source: TBS