Japan Arrests Two Suspects Over 81M Yen Crypto Police Scam
Japanese police have arrested two individuals suspected of involvement in a cryptocurrency scam that targeted a woman in her 40s, resulting in losses of approximately 81 million yen.
The suspects, Saki Okayama and Mitsuki Minamisawa, allegedly worked with a fake police group operating from Cambodia to pressure the victim into transferring assets.
According to investigators, the group claimed that the victim's bank card was connected to a large money laundering investigation and that around 400 accounts had been used to launder funds.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department believes Okayama and Minamisawa participated in a larger organization, with known losses from fraud cases involving the two suspects reaching approximately 240 million yen.