<figure id="attachment_413318" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-413318" style="width: 2275px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="5b73414b"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/02/4dec3b217f305dba17f7eac7361f253c.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-413318" class="wp-caption-text">Suspect flustered in the convoy at the time of the inspection.</figcaption></figure>
<p> The man who emerged from the police station cast a sharp look at his surroundings. Even when he sat in the backseat of the convoy, he did not change his sulky attitude as if he was staring ahead.</p>
<p> The suspect, Yuta Kusano, 35, an unemployed man, was arrested on February 12 for posting images of luxury brand goods on his SNS to promote his flamboyant lifestyle, and approaching people interested in his SNS to solicit their investment in a fictitious investment scheme. He was arrested on suspicion of fraud.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> From March to April 2011, Kusano is alleged to have deceived a woman in her 20s whom he had met on SNS by offering her a loan for the acquisition of a company whose performance was deteriorating due to the new Corona model, and by telling her that she would receive a share of the loan money if she invested in the acquisition, and that she would definitely make money. (A reporter from a national newspaper&#8217;s society department)</span></p>
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<p> Kusano conspired with two other men who had already been arrested to commit the crime, and their SNS messages boasted of their lavish lifestyles.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Kusano posted images of luxury watches, foreign cars, lavish meals, and wads of cash stacked nearly 20 cm high on social networking sites. He was probably promoting his glamorous lifestyle in order to convince people to believe his false investment stories.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> So far, he has contacted more than 100 people who were interested in his social networking site, and is believed to have defrauded them out of about 120 million yen. In response to the police investigation, Kusano stated, &#8220;I knew it was a scam, but I joined in because I wanted money. He has admitted to the crime.</span></p>
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<p> Taihei Ogawa, a former Kanagawa Prefectural Police detective and crime journalist, explains.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> He said, &#8220;This is a typical scam. Since they don&#8217;t want you to believe them with just a story, they post pictures on social networking sites showing their lavish lifestyles in order to show that they can really make money. The victim may have been deceived by the clever talk and the glamorous pictures.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Of course, you should always question all good deals. If there is an investment offer that can easily bring in a large sum of money, one would not normally share it with a stranger. Before investing, you should be extremely careful to confirm that the person offering you an investment opportunity is authorized by the Financial Services Agency to do business with you and that they have a license and approval number,&#8221; said Mr. Kusano.</span></p>
<p> The police are also investigating Kusano&#8217;s extra crimes.</p>
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<figure id="attachment_413319" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-413319" style="width: 2039px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="fd6ee219"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/02/e028a5aeb58a12e49bfcfbba0248a094.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-413319" class="wp-caption-text">The suspect was looking sharply at his surroundings (some photos have been doctored)</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_413321" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-413321" style="width: 1731px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="3fddbb11"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/02/9e5eab1209c548d28c519701369e7875.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-413321" class="wp-caption-text"> Conspiring with two men already arrested (some photos have been doctored)</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_413322" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-413322" style="width: 4730px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="44a3efea"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/02/6fc40718a9cddf37c2ea1f3f810a1215.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-413322" class="wp-caption-text"> The number of victims is said to be more than 100.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_413324" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-413324" style="width: 5568px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="87c0dc14"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/02/88bb3ac81adaeebea577a3d54375f29a.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-413324" class="wp-caption-text"> It is believed that they made investors trust them with flashy images.</figcaption></figure>
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 Shinji Hasuo

 A man was arrested for conspiring with other men to defraud a woman in her 20s out of more than 100 million yen by offering her a fictitious investment scheme. The man posted images of wads of cash piled high on a social networking site to show off his lavish lifestyle. It is believed that he made his investors believe in him. Experts introduce countermeasures against fraud.

A woman in her twenties was scammed by three men who posted a wad of cash and stole more than 100 million yen.

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