Japanese police arrest Taiwanese man suspected of defrauding 4 million yen

(Central News Agency reporter Dai Yazhen, Tokyo, 4th) Japanese police arrested a 27-year-old Taiwanese man, suspecting him of serving as a cash withdrawal driver for a "fake police" fraud group and allegedly defrauding a 70-year-old woman in Yamagata Prefecture of 4 million yen (approximately NT$800,000) in cash.

Yamagata Broadcasting reported that the Xinzhuang Police Station stated that the person arrested was a Taiwanese man surnamed Lin who has no fixed address and is unemployed. Lin is suspected of conspiring with a number of unidentified people. Members of the group pretended to be police officers and called a woman living in the Mogami area of ​​Yamagata Prefecture, falsely claiming that "in order to prevent the cash in the bank account from being taken away by fraudsters, it must be kept by the police."

The fraudulent calls lasted from late July to August 6 this year. The woman believed the calls to be genuine and followed the instructions to withdraw 4 million yen in cash and store it at her home. The police believe that Lin went to withdraw cash on August 6 and was suspected of acting as a withdrawal driver.

After the Shinjo Police Station got hold of the case, it launched a joint investigation with the Gifu Prefectural Police and determined that Lin was a serious suspect. On September 2, he was arrested at an accommodation facility in Nishi-Kamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo.

The police have not yet announced whether Lin Nan has admitted the crime, and are continuing to trace other accomplices and the organizational background of the fraud group. (Editor: Tian Ruihua) 1150904