A senior member of a scam group based in the Philippines, who used the name “Luffy,” was re-arrested in connection with a burglary at a thrift shop in Chiba Prefecture, police said on July 20.
TOKYO (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): In three years, unsuspecting victims in Japan lost more than six billion yen (US$45 million) through phone scams. Then a spate of at least 50 violent robberies hit 14 prefectures across the country.