Overview
- Tokyo Metropolitan Police at Takinogawa Station arrested Wu Yanxi, 38, on suspicion of fraud and theft linked to a special fraud group.
- Officers searched a room in an Ikebukuro multi-tenant building and discovered ¥163 million in cash inside a backpack believed to be fraud proceeds.
- The investigation began after a Chinese woman who said she had been forced to act as a cash courier reported the scam and cooperated with police.
- Police say callers posed as officers in early August to deceive a man in his 70s in Gunma, then used stolen banking items to withdraw ¥5 million.
- Surveillance video reportedly shows Wu receiving money from the woman, he denies involvement, and investigators are seeking additional handlers and callers.