Japanese police arrest Taiwanese fraudster at airport
Japan's Kansai Television reported on March 20: A 23-year-old Taiwanese man was arrested for allegedly defrauding an elderly person of about 32 million yen (approximately 1.41 million RMB) in Osaka City.
The suspect is Huang Tian-su (translated name, 23 years old), from Taiwan, with unknown residence and occupation.
The police said that Huang conspired with others to impersonate a credit card company employee and called a 70-year-old man living in Osaka City in early December last year.
He lied, "A large amount of illegal cash has been transferred to your account," "We are investigating the main suspect in the fraud case," "You must withdraw the money to avoid being arrested."
An accomplice who claimed to be a police officer worked with Huang, saying: "Return it within 2-3 days, and let the man put the cash in a bag and bring it to a designated location in Osaka City."
Huang was the so-called "collector" who went to the designated location to collect the fraudulent cash.
The victim felt strange after not receiving a refund within 2 or 3 days of handing over the cash and sought help from the police, only to find out he had been deceived.
The police identified a suspicious person through analysis of surveillance footage.
Huang briefly entered Japan in October last year and left in December, re-entered Japan in February this year, and was intercepted and arrested when he was preparing to depart from Narita Airport on March 20.
The police said that the suspect's footprints were found in internet cafes across Japan, in about 10 prefectures from Aomori to Kumamoto, so they are confident there are other crimes involved.
The police appealed, "The police will never hold cash. If you feel suspicious, please report it."
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1860237796753674/
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