Suspect promised victims a dividend for funds that he claimed would be exchanged for U.S. dollars
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Suspect told police, 'On Twitter, I saw a job listed that paid ¥30,000 yen'
Suspect allegedly posed a representative from a law office when he arrived at the victim's residence and collected the cash
Police apprehended the suspects at a pachinko parlor in Chiba Prefecture after receiving a tip indicating that they frequent the establishment
Suspect told police, 'I used the money to repay debts'
Member of the ring posed as a seller of corporate bonds in swindling an elderly woman in Ibaraki Prefecture earlier this month
Operation has collected more than ¥100 million from victims since last November, police said
Members of the ring posed as representatives from a consumer affairs center in swindling victims
Victim was falsely told by someone posing as a staff member of the Financial Services Agency that her bank card was being abused
Officers searched the office and other non-specified locations in the capital on suspicion of fraud over the purchase of a 2,000-square-meter property in Shingawa Ward