Japanese Yakuza Who Scammed an Octogenarian... Turns Out to Be from This Country
Two People Including Korean National Yang Mo Arrested
A Korean member of the Japanese Yakuza group 'Yamaguchigumi,' who carried out fraud targeting vulnerable individuals including women in their 80s, was arrested by local police.
Japanese local media such as Kyodo News reported that two Yamaguchigumi members, including Yang (29), were arrested by police on the 22nd (local time). They are suspected of approaching a woman in her 80s in Osaka, Japan, in January last year, pretending to be her son and contacting her claiming "my wallet was stolen," then swindling 20 million yen (about 180 million KRW) in cash.
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The police believe they may be part of a fraud group based in Osaka and the Kansai region that scammed about 290 people nationwide, stealing over 500 million yen in total, and are conducting related investigations. Earlier, local police reportedly arrested two other members of the same fraud group last year on fraud charges.
Meanwhile, Yamaguchigumi is known as one of the largest Yakuza organizations in Japan, and at its peak was a massive violent organization with dozens of affiliated groups. It is also known that many of its members are Korean residents in Japan (Zainichi Koreans).
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