TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested two feminine bar workers of their 40s for allegedly stealing greater than 100,000 yen from an intoxicated man in Taito Ward earlier this 12 months, reviews the Mainichi Shimbun (July 9).
At round 1:35 a.m. on January 17, Kotomi Ushiyama, 43, and Chinese nationwide Wu Meimei, 49, are suspected of utilizing the intoxicated man’s money card to withdraw 130,000 yen from an ATM at a financial institution.
Upon their arrests on suspicion of theft, Ushiyama and Wu denied the allegations, the Ueno Police Station stated.
According to police, the sufferer was approached by a tout in Ueno at round 11:30 p.m. on January 16 and brought to a close-by bar, after which he has no reminiscence of something taking place. It is believed he was compelled to drink massive quantities of sturdy alcohol.
Ushiyama and her confederate are believed to have taken the person to the ATM and requested him for his PIN quantity to withdraw the money. Security digicam footage close to the ATM captured the 2 suspects withdrawing money with a person, believed to be the sufferer, who was unable to face on his personal. The man’s bank card additionally contained 400,000 yen value of expenses he had no reminiscence of.
Police imagine the pair repeatedly acquired clients drunk with sturdy alcohol to withdraw money from them. In 2024, the Ueno Police Station acquired 20 reviews from folks in its jurisdiction who claimed to have misplaced their reminiscence at institutions the place that they had been taken by touts. They later discovered that that they had paid between 100,000 and 200,000 yen for foods and drinks utilizing their bank cards.