Customer list with about 500 names was found, police said
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Company falsely earmarked funds as non-existent advertising costs
Suspect allegedly posed a representative from a law office when he arrived at the victim's residence and collected the cash
Suspect sent funds from Vietnamese nationals residing in Japan to the bank accounts of their family members in Vietnam in exchange for a commission
Suspects presented counterfeit bills in fraudulently obtaining the cryptocurrency bitcoin
One assailant hired by the suspect reportedly said, 'We will stab you if you do not cough up the coin as soon as possible'
FSA sought to assess whether the cryptocurrency exchange has the financial capability to compensate victims
Perpetrators first sent the stolen NEM currency to about 20 addresses over several days
Coincheck has revealed that it will reimburse victimized customers a total of ¥46 billion in virtual currency NEM following a hack on Friday
Koichiro Wada, president of Coincheck, said: 'We apologize for any inconveniences caused to our business partners and stakeholders'