Japanese police arrest six men over scam from Vietnam - The Japan Times
Six Japanese men ages 22 to 58 have been arrested by Kanagawa prefectural police for their suspected involvement in a telephone scam operated from Vietnam.
The suspects, including Shunji Seto, 55, and Seiya Abe, 28, were transferred from Vietnam where local authorities busted the scam base in Bac Ninh, northern Vietnam, in June and detained related people. The six are believed to have entered Vietnam via Cambodia and have been involved in more than 150 fraud cases mainly in the Kanto and Chubu regions in Japan by making scam calls.
Scam Operation
The Japanese suspects allegedly conspired with unidentified people to defraud a woman in her 20s in Yamaguchi Prefecture of ¥1 million on May 22. They made phone calls as fake police officers, telling her that her money needed to be checked because she was suspected of being a member of a fraud group.
The total amount they stole tops ¥500 million
Discovery
According to the Kanagawa police, the scam base was discovered after a Japanese person fled from the base to the Japanese Embassy in Hanoi this year. The suspects now face charges related to their alleged criminal activities.
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