Group was a front for a syndicate designed to push entirely unnecessary electrical and wiring work
Posts tagged as “fraud”
Prosecutors said the decision was made 'after careful consideration'
Authorities seized Japanese police uniforms and fake police identification cards
Ring lured men to a Shibuya Ward bar and extorted them
Kizuna Holdings inflated employment retention figures to rake in massive government payouts
Yasuaki Takada is a 47-year-old lawyer from Yokohama City
Takanori Kobayashi admitted the defrauded amount was up 'to 700 million yen'
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'