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Man arrested in Japan after leaving car in coin parking lot for six years, racking up three-million-yen bill

Says he remembers parking his car, but can’t remember the exact date he did it anymore.

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Ramen shop manager arrested for punching self in the face and pretending he was robbed

He should have punched harder and knocked some sense into himself.

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Astrologer arrested for running fake investment scheme worth approx. 2 billion yen

The stars were finally aligned against the scammer.

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Space pilot under attack turns out to be con artist who stole 1 million yen from Sapporo senior

That’ll be the last astronaut she’ll trust.

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Japanese online flea market app bans the sale of ultrasound photos

But what am I supposed to do with all these prenatal photos of my kids cluttering up the house?

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Aichi senior and former fraud victim arrested for fraud

If you can’t beat ’em…

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Part-time clerk arrested for making over 200 million yen in fake purchase to steal free points

It may be a cashless crime, but it isn’t a victimless one.

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Pokémon Center Online tells all customers to change their passwords after fraudulent log-ins

Gotta change ‘em all.

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Father and son arrested for impersonating Shohei Ohtani to commit fraud

With only $100 million in endorsements, it can be hard to make ends meet.

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Man dressed suspiciously warm for Japanese summer chased by helicopter and arrested for fraud

He was drawing too much heat.

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Hokkaido police refuse to acknowledge theft that really seems like a theft

Unfortunately, not technically being a theft won’t bring the victim’s car back.

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8 people arrested for being fake fortune-tellers, as opposed to… real fortune-tellers?

Next bad horoscope I get, I’m pressing charges!

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Foreign-born convenience store manager in Japan saves elderly customer from being scammed

Senior regular customer’s shopping trip was very different, and much more expensive, than his usual ones.

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Yakuza member arrested for renting a car once in 2022

Crime does pay but gets arrested for it.

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Thinking she was giving money to Mick Jagger to invest for her, woman conned in Aomori

No sympathy for this devil.

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Japanese man arrested for fraud after creating female AI-image persona to sell dating advice【Vid】

One man’s virtual avatar shows that online fantasy can have real-life consequences.

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Yakuza family speaks out against rise in organized crime

Not their kind of organized crime, the bad kind.

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Yakuza member arrested on charges of using insurance to pay for severed finger treatment

Don’t chop off your own finger if you’re not prepared to pay out of pocket to get sewn up afterwards.

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Japan is changing its yen bills soon, so beware of scam artists, government warns

New bills go into circulation this summer.

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Shohei Ohtani’s personal interpreter fired, accused of “massive theft” to pay off gambling debts

It’s a wild ending for one of the highest-profile pairings in the translation/interpretation world.

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