Breaking
ESBody dismisses the president of Renfe close to Puente to try to appease the unrest in the sector and recovers Joaquim Hortalà to direct AdifARTrump considers Iran's "crazy" leaders remaining in power when he leaves office as a "defeat" for himFRLIVE – Global outage of Microsoft and Outlook: the American giant notes “encouraging progress” in EuropeGLOBALWhat's ahead for AI financing after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang departsCNSend raw toast and bedding! Changhua Line West 2 election will involve bribery, Lanying township mayor candidate detainedINTLApple, Alphabet and Uber survived major founder transitions. Nvidia will be a harder testTRHe risked his life for TikTok: He couldn't escape the terrible end!TR"Lodos will blow strongly for 24 hours" Critical warning for Marmara and Northern Aegean!TRThe wind will reverse, the temperature will drop sharply. Hail and tornado alarm in IstanbulSEThis is how the world is affected by Microsoft's IT failureESBody dismisses the president of Renfe close to Puente to try to appease the unrest in the sector and recovers Joaquim Hortalà to direct AdifARTrump considers Iran's "crazy" leaders remaining in power when he leaves office as a "defeat" for himFRLIVE – Global outage of Microsoft and Outlook: the American giant notes “encouraging progress” in EuropeGLOBALWhat's ahead for AI financing after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang departsCNSend raw toast and bedding! Changhua Line West 2 election will involve bribery, Lanying township mayor candidate detainedINTLApple, Alphabet and Uber survived major founder transitions. Nvidia will be a harder testTRHe risked his life for TikTok: He couldn't escape the terrible end!TR"Lodos will blow strongly for 24 hours" Critical warning for Marmara and Northern Aegean!TRThe wind will reverse, the temperature will drop sharply. Hail and tornado alarm in IstanbulSEThis is how the world is affected by Microsoft's IT failure
Newsgather
All StoriesWorldSportsFinanceTechScienceHealthCultureClimatePoliticsSpace
BackIt’s dark work again! A 19-year-old Taiwanese driver working as a driver in Japan was arrested for defrauding an 80-year-old woman of 5 million yen.
It’s dark work again! A 19-year-old Taiwanese driver working as a driver in Japan was arrested for defrauding an 80-year-old woman of 5 million yen.
NEWS
自由时报20 minutes agoCrime2 min readChinaView original

It’s dark work again! A 19-year-old Taiwanese driver working as a driver in Japan was arrested for defrauding an 80-year-old woman of 5 million yen.

FraudJapanTaiwanese

Quick Look

  • The Kanda Division of the Japanese Police Department arrested a 19-year-old Taiwanese man on suspicion of posing as an investment fund employee and using high profits as bait to defraud an 80-year-old woman in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, of approximately 95.4 million yen in cash.
  • The man has confessed to the crime.

AI-generated summary

Why It Matters

The fraud group used YouTube videos to solicit investments and contacted victims through LINE accounts.

Font size

The Kanda Division of the Japanese Metropolitan Police recently arrested a 19-year-old Taiwanese man with no fixed address and unemployment on suspicion of fraud. The police suspected that he defrauded elderly women of cash in the name of investment.

The Sankei Shimbun reported that according to the Kanda Bureau, the organization is a special fraud group composed of Taiwanese "dark workers". The police have successively arrested three women since June this year, and later charged them with fraud.

Investigation revealed that the group first posted a video on YouTube that used the name of a celebrity to solicit investments. After luring an 80-year-old woman from Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, to her LINE account, she pretended to be an employee of an American investment fund and used false claims such as "investment can earn 6 times the profit." From August to November last year, the group defrauded a total of approximately 95.4 million yen in cash.

The police pointed out that the 19-year-old Taiwanese man is currently on trial for another case of fraud. The suspicion of his arrest this time is that he pretended to be a fund employee and went to the woman's residence to defraud 5 million yen in cash on September 2 last year. The police are investigating whether he was involved as a group driver.

Facing police interrogation and investigation, the 19-year-old Taiwanese man confessed to the crime and said that he was "not wrong."

Open Questions

  • What are the specific identities of the remaining members of the group?
  • Are there more victims?

Related Topics

Fraud
People19-year-old Taiwanese man
OrganizationsJapan Metropolitan Police Kanda DivisionSankei Shimbunfree times
PlacesChiyoda-ku, Tokyo
TopicsJapanTaiwaneseMetropolitan Police Departmentinvestment scam
This article was originally published by 自由时报.

Related Stories

Exclusive》Sending crutches and umbrellas to the elderly were brought to trial for election bribery, and the mayor of the town, Xie Shuzhen, successfully posted a bail of RMB 150,000.
Developing·

Exclusive》Sending crutches and umbrellas to the elderly were brought to trial for election bribery, and the mayor of the town, Xie Shuzhen, successfully posted a bail of RMB 150,000.

Xie Shuzhen, mayor of Chenggong Town in Taitung County, was brought back for questioning after being suspected of using the funds subsidized by the Aboriginal Association to build a cultural website to purchase items in her own name as bribery. After investigation, Xie Shuzhen posted bail for 150,000 yuan in the evening. Xie’s camp denied the accusation, saying that the funds were clearly denominated and were not given in a personal name.

自由时报
2 min read
Italy receives bomb threat letter from Taiwan. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Suspected university mailbox has been stolen and account has been suspended
Developing·

Italy receives bomb threat letter from Taiwan. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Suspected university mailbox has been stolen and account has been suspended

More than 6,000 schools across Italy received bomb threat emails, and some email domains pointed to Taiwan Daye University. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the alumni account was suspected of being stolen and the school has suspended the investigation. The Italian government is moving in the direction of "transnational hybrid warfare" to investigate such cyber threats targeting many European countries.

自由时报
2 min read
The trial of Hong Kong socialite Cai Tianfeng's body dismemberment case continues, the defendant Kwong Kongjie reveals his experience on the night of the case
Crime·

The trial of Hong Kong socialite Cai Tianfeng's body dismemberment case continues, the defendant Kwong Kongjie reveals his experience on the night of the case

The case of Hong Kong socialite Cai Tianfeng's mutilated body was resumed in the High Court on November 13. The defendant Kwong Gangjie appeared in court and testified that he witnessed blood stains and knives at the village house in Lung Mei Village on the night of the incident. He also described his father Kwong Qiu's related behavior after the incident and the subsequent worship process.

中国新闻网
2 min read
Public welfare organizations and charity groups are reported to have been hacked or scammed. Members and donors are warned not to be gullible and suffer harm.
Developing·

Public welfare organizations and charity groups are reported to have been hacked or scammed. Members and donors are warned not to be gullible and suffer harm.

Recently, many public welfare and charity organizations in Taiwan have suffered from hacker attacks and impersonation fraud, including organizations such as Boyu, Sunshine, Lixin, Zhishan, Apple Charity, Family Support and Care for Life Association. They have reported that donors’ personal information has been stolen or phishing letters have been sent under false names. Each foundation has urgently adopted information security protection and reported the case to the police.

自由时报
4 min read
Drunk driving and watching dramas! Two people died after a cement truck hit a cleaning truck and they were asked to pay state compensation. The national judge sentenced him to 9 years and 2 months.
Crime·

Drunk driving and watching dramas! Two people died after a cement truck hit a cleaning truck and they were asked to pay state compensation. The national judge sentenced him to 9 years and 2 months.

Last year, a man surnamed Wu drove a cement truck under the influence of drugs and used his mobile phone to watch dramas. He was driving a cement truck on Provincial Highway 61 and crashed into a roadside cleaning convoy, killing two and injuring two. The Tainan District People's Court found that he did not meet the conditions for surrender and had a negative attitude after committing the crime. He was sentenced to 9 years and 2 months in prison for the crime of drug driving causing death.

自由时报
2 min read
More on this topicFraud