Experts Point Out “Legal Liability” of Those Who “Treated as Criminals” after Einstein Inada’s “Instagram Hijacker” Arrest

Cybercrime Division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department arrested the hijacker.

Naoki Inada (40) of the comedy duo “Einstein” updated his X on September 5.

〈The police just announced that the criminal who hijacked my SNS has been arrested by the police. I feel that one of the reasons for this incident was that I did not manage security well enough. This has caused damage to many people and inconvenience to many others. I am truly sorry that we have caused anxiety to so many people.

The controversy began in late July of last year, when the revealing influencers Korekore and Takizawa Galeso published on social networking sites a complaint from a woman who said that she had received a DM from Inada pretending to be from a TV program.

When Inada first discovered the incident, he said, “I was involved in something very strange.

I was involved in something really weird. I have absolutely no recollection of this.

In another post, Inada denied the allegations completely. In another post, he wrote

I would never do something like that under the guise of a project and tell weird lies. Because when I hit on someone, I look them straight in the eye.

He posted.

It is now possible that the arrested man was a habitual hijacker.

Tomonari Kubo, a defendant with an unknown address and occupation, was re-arrested by the Cybercrime Division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on May 5 for illegally accessing the Instagram account used by a professional athlete in his 20s, in addition to Inada. The defendant has remained silent.

According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, the password for the hijacked account was a combination of his name and date of birth, which is a poor analog technique rather than a sophisticated one. The man has been arrested and indicted three times for similar “hijacking” incidents.

After his arrest, Korekore wrote in X

At the time, he said he didn’t know if it was the hijacker or the person himself, but secretly, both he and I were very suspicious that it was him. I sincerely apologize.

He posted on his YouTube channel, “I’m sorry. When he was broadcasting on YouTube, he also announced that there was a possibility of unauthorized login.

Mr. Galeso also published a summary and a screencap of the DM, and furthermore, since the word “so and so”, which is a characteristic of Inada’s writing, is similar to the word “so and so

[Seo-yu] seems to be very strict.

and other such suspicions.

The comedian SHIMOFURI MYOJO also addressed the incident on August 5, 2011, in a YouTube video titled “Hitori Yomiuri” (一人賛否), in which he critiques Internet news on a weekly basis.

What is the legal responsibility for those who “treated her like a criminal”?

I really feel sorry for Ina-chan.

Immediately after he said

“It’s just…!　I can’t believe you!

He was completely skeptical,

Even if the fraudulent login is true, there is a possibility that it was Inada-san who sent this DM.

He was considering the possibility that “even if the fraudulent login is true, it could have been Inada-san who sent this DM.

I think Mr. Koshina was trying to make Inada-san, a senior comedian, a female enemy by teasing him and making him “tasty”. Later, Toshi Mukai of “Panther” said on the radio that he had “heard” that “Mr. Inada has really been hijacked” and that “the hijacker seems to have been found. ” to address the fuss. Even then, he pretended to apologize and said, ‘Tadaa~! He was covering it up by saying, “Ummm, lie to the ministry. I felt too sorry for Mr. Inada, but I personally laughed out loud.

(Sports newspaper reporter) These types of flirtations are a fine line between the world of comedians, where “being teased is all you need,” and the world of those who do poorly can lose their jobs and advertisements due to a worsening of their image.

Inada may be able to claim legal responsibility and damages for these false rumors. We asked Kenta Morizane, an attorney at Morizane Law Office, about this question.

In terms of criminal charges, Inada may be guilty of defamation (Article 230 of the Penal Code) because he may have been aware of the fact that he had fans send him obscene images on the Internet and that this would damage his reputation in society. However, since defamation is a crime against the person accused, prosecution and other procedures cannot be conducted unless the victim files a complaint. In the case of a civil action, a claim for compensation may be made as a tort. The amount of compensation will be determined on a case-by-case basis, depending on various factors such as the impact on the victim’s occupation. On average, based on past cases, the amount of compensation should be between 1,000,000 yen and 2,000,000 yen.

At any rate, the “new culprit” has been caught. Now, let’s hope there is no more friction with Inada.