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Japan arrests Bangkok-based suspect over Cambodia fraud case
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Japanese police arrested Yusuke Sasaki , a 38-year-old Japanese national, on Tuesday (June 16), after he was deported from Thailand earlier the same day.
Key facts
- He had been held by Thai officers before Aichi Prefectural Police in central Japan took him into custody on suspicion of directing a Cambodia-based special fraud group while living in Thailand.
- Aichi police estimate that scams allegedly carried out by the group caused losses of around 1.4 billion yen.
- The arrest is linked to a case from February last year, when Sasaki was suspected of working with other Japanese perpetrators to make calls from Cambodia to a woman in her 30s in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.
- Police allege the woman was defrauded of 31.4 million yen in cash after being falsely told that her bank account had been used for money laundering and that the funds in the account needed to be investigated.
Summary
He had been held by Thai officers before Aichi Prefectural Police in central Japan took him into custody on suspicion of directing a Cambodia-based special fraud group while living in Thailand.
Investigators believe Sasaki was one of the leaders of a fraud group with many Japanese members who were detained in May last year.