Bitcoin about 10 million yen fraud or special fraud man arrested 2 October 18:30
Three men of a special fraud group were arrested by the Kanagawa Prefectural Police for fooling about 10 million yen of bit coins of the so-called virtual currency = “cryptographic asset” exchanged over the net from a man in his 70s.
Three people were arrested, including Yuki Makino (24) in Nerima-ku, Tokyo.
According to police investigation, the three people called a man in his 70s who lived in Okayama Prefecture in August and asked them to “purchase software for buying and selling virtual currency in your name” and responded accordingly. The man later threatened that “name lending is illegal”, and he was suspected of fraud because he cheated about 10 million yen of cryptocurrency bitcoin.
Last month, the police arrested Makino in another scam, and after investigating the call history of mobile phones seized from the apartment room in Tokyo where they were based, there was a suspicion that they were involved in this case. I understand.
The men who suffered damage had bitcoins before, and the police are pursuing the actual situation of the group, assuming that there is also a suspicion that they were targeting crypto asset owners.
The police haven't revealed the approval or disapproval of the three people.