Osaka police recently arrested and transferred to prosecutors a 37-year-old Chinese woman, surnamed Huang, over her alleged involvement in a fake-police scam ring. Investigators suspect she served as a courier recovering stolen cash in at least five cases totaling roughly 75 million yen. The broader syndicate has been tied to 12 reported incidents across Japan, with aggregate damages hovering around 200 million yen.
The operation was structured with meticulous compartmentalization. Callers first posed as police officers to intimidate elderly victims into handing over cash, which a 38-year-old Taiwanese runner collected in person. Instead of meeting directly, the runner stashed the money inside single-stall restrooms in restaurants or commercial buildings, leaving Huang to retrieve the packages on remote instructions before passing them up the chain. In January, a woman in her 70s in Nara Prefecture lost 20 million yen through this exact dead-drop method.
Cross-strait collaborations targeting local senior citizens have appeared with growing frequency in Japanese crime reports. While authorities have yet to disclose the suspects' formal pleas, the high-profile bust will likely trigger even tighter scrutiny over residency documentation and bank accounts among the broader Chinese community in Japan.
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