The first of its kind in Japan! Two Chinese men in Japan were arrested for using malicious programs to make payments on other people’s mobile phones remotely

The Fukuoka Prefecture police in Japan said today (10th) that two 30-year-old Chinese men surnamed Zhu were arrested for using malicious programs to pay money with other people's mobile phones. Similar cases have appeared across Japan since August. This is the first time a suspect has been arrested.

According to the "Sankei Shimbun" report, the Fukuoka Prefectural Police pointed out that a 60-year-old man from Hyogo Prefecture downloaded an APP without security verification on his mobile phone. There was a malicious program hidden in it, which caused the mobile phone to be remotely operated. In September, he paid 570,000 yen (approximately 118,000 yuan) to buy cards at a toy store in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture.

After the Fukuoka Prefecture police received the report and launched an investigation, they found that a 31-year-old Chinese man surnamed Zhu who lives in Miyako-ku, Osaka City, and a 33-year-old Chinese man named Zhu who claimed to be an electric vehicle repairman were suspected of committing the crime, and the two were arrested on suspicion of fraud. The police revealed that the two suspects followed the instructions of others and the identity of the mastermind has yet to be clarified.