TOKYO, Apr 16 (News On Japan) –
Thirteen Japanese males detained final month at a fraud base close to Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, have been transferred to Japan on Thursday and arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on suspicion of fraud. It marks the primary time Japanese nationals have been apprehended in a particular fraud case working out of Indonesia.
The suspects, aged between their 20s and 50s, arrived at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport after being handed over by Indonesian authorities.
Investigators allege the group operated from a base on the outskirts of Jakarta and used a scheme generally known as the ‘pretend police rip-off,’ during which callers impersonate law enforcement officials to deceive victims.
The males are suspected of defrauding a lady in her 60s dwelling in Japan of cryptocurrency price about 8 million yen.
The Metropolitan Police Department plans to switch the suspects to police stations in Tokyo for additional questioning, together with how they traveled to Indonesia and the construction of the alleged operation.
Source: TBS