OSAKA, Nov 28 (News On Japan) –
A 25-year-old feminine police officer has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in worldwide romance fraud.
From July to August this yr, the police officer from the Nishinari Police Station in Osaka Prefecture allegedly impersonated a Canadian male physician, telling a girl in her fifties, “I am taking care of patients in a hospital in Yemen, but my mother has been hospitalized,” and “Airfare is 200,000 yen, which I will repay immediately.” She is suspected of deceiving the lady into transferring 200,000 yen.
The lady can also be suspected of posing as a Japanese male mannequin and sending messages to a different lady in her sixties, requesting cash for “shipping costs to send the prize money for winning a contest,” thereby inducing her to switch money.
She has admitted to the allegations through the investigation.
The Osaka Prefectural Police commented, “This is truly regrettable, and we deeply apologize. We will deal with the matter strictly based on the results of the investigation.”
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