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A record 2,322 scams in Japan to steal internet banking IDs and passwords have resulted in unauthorized money transfers totaling a record of around 3 billion yen ($21 million) in the first half of this year, a report by the National Police Agency shows
A suspected senior member of a group that orchestrated scams across Japan from the Philippines was served a fresh arrest warrant on June 29 for allegedly ordering a robbery in Kyoto under the pseudonym "Luffy."
Tokyo police have arrested eight people for suspected investment fraud that they say saw about 3,300 people swindled out of some 20 billion yen ($152 million).