A stolen name, a decade of welfare fraud: how a Chinese woman lived as a Japanese orphan
Police arrested 12 people over a scheme that used a real repatriated orphan's identity to bring relatives to Japan and claim benefits for more than 10 years.
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Suspected leader of phone-fraud ring arrested; some of ¥2bn in losses said to have gone to yakuza
Police say the man in his 30s ran a group that posed as city hall staff to talk victims out of cash. Total losses exceeded ¥2 billion, and part of the money is suspected of reaching organized crime.
Man arrested over ¥2.7 million deposit fraud on business matching site
Police say the 37-year-old posed as an investor, told a man seeking to expand his business that a loan required a deposit, then cut off contact.
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