Police have arrested a Chinese vocational school student on suspicion of fraud, etc., after hijacking someone else's account for the smartphone payment service "Merpay" and illegally purchasing products, according to investigative sources. rice field.

It is believed that the stolen IDs and passwords were repeatedly used to log in illegally using a ``phishing scam'' technique, and the police are investigating in detail.

According to investigative sources, a 29-year-old Chinese vocational school student was arrested, and in March last year, he illegally logged in to another person's Merpay account and displayed a payment barcode to his friends. He is suspected of fraud, etc., for sending and purchasing cigarettes worth 60,000 yen.



The police arrested the member who used the barcode and proceeded with the investigation, and found that the suspect was suspected of being involved in account hijacking.



According to the investigation so far, the suspects are believed to have stolen IDs and passwords by sending emails to Merpay users and directing them to fake websites.



Regarding payment services for smartphones, there have been a series of cases where accounts have been hijacked, and the police are trying to clarify the whole picture of the group.