A 25-year-old former police officer at the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters was accused of sending false messages on social media to two women in Saga Prefecture and elsewhere, pretending to be a Canadian doctor and defrauding them of cash. The court sentenced him to a suspended sentence on the grounds that he "did not respect his position as a police officer and took part in the crime for the sake of getting paid."
Yurina Otani (25), a former police officer with the Osaka Prefectural Police, conspired with her colleagues to send messages to two women living in Saga Prefecture and other areas on social media between July and September of last year, claiming to be Canadian doctors. He was charged with fraud for sending the message and defrauding him of a total of 900,000 yen in cash.
In the judgment on the 31st, Judge Tadayuki Okazaki of the Saga District Court said, ``Although the defendant himself had been the victim of similar fraud in the past, he had difficulty repaying his debts and was tempted by accomplices, etc., to take his position as a police officer.'' Without hesitation, he participated in the crime for the sake of reward.He played an important role in converting the cash transferred from victims into crypto assets and sending them to the fraud group, earning a large amount of profit and cannot escape severe criticism.'' said.
In addition, she was sentenced to three years in prison and four years' probation, stating that she had been given a disciplinary dismissal.