All three suspects met on social media
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Price was 200,000 yen in cash
Fraudsters swindled two companies out of 1.45 billion yen over three properties in the Minami area of Osaka City last year
One girl said she 'earned a total of 75,000 yen, and my share was 27,000 yen'
Woman in her 20s suffered minor injuries to her wrists in the attack carried out by two men
Prosecution described the crimes of the defendant as 'despicable and vicious'
Osaka police are treating the case as murder
Police arrested six male and female employees
Girl had stab wounds to her back
Bicyclist was a 59-year-old male resident of Chiba Prefecture