Victims were tricked into purchasing Amazon.co.jp gift cards that the suspects later obtained
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Gang moved its HQ to Kobe's Chuo Ward after being ordered by a court to leave its previous office in Awaji City
Police seized a register containing 20,000 names
Members of fraud rings pose as family members or bank officials on the telephone in targeting elderly persons
Woman in her 70s in Niigata Prefecture suffered the largest recorded loss of ¥220 million
Suspects misappropriated credit cards of victims for what were said to be one-time fees to facilitate agreements for them to become paid mistresses
Suspect told police, 'The majority was funneled into foreign-exchange trading'
Suspects peddled fake coins commemorating the birth of Prince George of Cambridge through a precious metals company
Tokyo-based company peddled fake coins commemorating the birth of Prince George of Cambridge
Police believe the suspect is a subordinate member of a fraud ring that carries out such scams routinely