Fukuoka prefectural police rearrested two unemployed men, aged 31 and 28 and both of no fixed address, on suspicion of fraud and of filming a woman naked by posing as police officers, the force announced on the 10th.
Police did not disclose whether the men admit or deny the allegations.
According to the prefectural police, the two were operating from the base of a fraud group in the Philippines on January 31. They called a woman in her 20s living in Mie Prefecture, posing as police officers.
They told her she was suspected of fraud and that her money needed to be examined, and had her transfer 300,000 yen.
They then told her the female suspect had tattoos and that she needed a physical examination to check whether she was part of the group. She undressed on the video call and they filmed her naked, according to the allegations.
The case follows the pattern of special fraud — scams that typically begin with a call from someone impersonating police or officials — but adds a second demand, using the ruse to strip the victim of her dignity as well as her cash.