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Tokyo Police Re-Arrest TokeMatch Ex-Representative on Suspicion of Embezzling 11 Luxury Watches

Prosecutors earlier recast the case as embezzlement after reviewing the evidence.

Overview

  • Police detained former NeoRevers representative Fukuhara Keisai, also known as Kominato Keisai, 44, and former employee Taishi Nakayama, 44, on a renewed embezzlement suspicion.
  • The pair are accused of misappropriating 11 watches entrusted by a Tokyo man between June 2023 and January 2024 by pawning or selling them, including activity in Osaka.
  • Investigators estimate the watches’ market value at about ¥12.1 million and say the transactions yielded roughly ¥665,000 in cash.
  • The suspects were first arrested in December on fraud allegations, and the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office indicted them in January for embezzlement.
  • Reports note Fukuhara left for Dubai after the company’s late‑January 2024 dissolution, returned with a Vanuatu passport, and had inquired about obtaining Dominica nationality.