One suspect told police, 'I do not understand the meaning of the arrest'
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Suspect believed to have recruited members to join fraud ring
Suspect is believed to have been a member of a fraud ring that operated in operated in Nara, Shimane, Tottori and Kochi prefectures
Local police plan to extradite the 15 suspects to Japan
Victim was told on the telephone by a person who posed as her son that he needed funds to cover an investment-related problem
Suspects targeted primarily elderly persons in Japan in money-transfer scams, police said
Upon her initial arrest in December, the defendant told police that she doubted that she had the means to cover a funeral
Footage provided by police shows the suspect wearing a dark suit, necktie and glasses
Suspect denies the allegations, police said
Police seized 52 telephones and 19 computers from a residence in the city of Pattaya last week