TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have seized a backfilled with greater than 100 million yen from Chinese man believed to be a member of a fraud ring, stories Asahi Shimbun (Oct. 26).
In August, Wu Rong, 38, is suspected of conspiring with an confederate to pose as a police officer in a cellphone name to a person in his 70s in Gunma Prefecture.
“Your personal information has been stolen. We’re going to check your cash card and bankbook,” the caller mentioned in finishing up the ruse.
Wu then used the money card he acquired to withdraw a complete of 5 million yen in money from ATMs in Tokyo between August 8 and 12.
During questioning on suspicion of fraud and theft, Wu denied the costs. “I don’t know anything about it. I didn’t do it,” he mentioned.
The ring specialised in a rip-off known as tokushu sagi, which means specialised fraud. Perpetrators of this crime goal a sufferer over the phone and impersonate an authority determine or relative to defraud cash from them.
When police searched a residence in a Toshima Ward multi-tenant constructing that served as the bottom of the ring on October 24, they discovered Wu to be in possession of backpack containing 163 million yen in money.
Police imagine Wu was the one accountable for amassing cash for the ring. The investigation is ongoing.