Takanori Kobayashi admitted the defrauded amount was up 'to 700 million yen'
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Ring specialized in tokushu sagi, or specialized fraud
Suspects are believed to have been involved in online scams and kidnapping-for-ransom schemes
Japanese Embassy has stated that it will 'respond appropriately'
Suspect said, 'The company was facing financial difficulties'
Court said Toshiya Fujita 'continued to commit crimes without any sense of reality or resistance'
Authorities seized 650 computers and 1,000 mobile phones
Suspects are 'relationship brokers' who launder funds from crime victims into cryptocurrencies
Police believe that the suspect also forced two women into signing contracts for high prices
About the theft of a smartphone, the suspect said, 'I simply picked up something that I found and reported it'