A ringleader in a Japanese scam group based in the Philippines was arrested on suspicion of robbery in connection with a heist at a Kyoto clock store in 2022, Tokyo police said June 29.
A suspected senior member of a group that ran scams in Japan from the Philippines, apparently under the pseudonym "Luffy," was arrested on Thursday for allegedly ordering one of a slew of robberies reported across Japan. Kiyoto Imamura, who was served a fresh arrest warrant, became the first to be…