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Agricultural Greenhouse Manufacturer President (29) Arrested for Allegedly Using a Young Employee as a Money Mule and Instructing Him to Carry Out a Refund Scam

The president of an agricultural greenhouse manufacturing company has been arrested on suspicion of using a minor employee as a "cash mule" and instructing him to carry out a refund scam. Takumi Kikushima (29) is suspected of making a false phone call to a man in his 50s living in Kanagawa Prefecture in May 2026, telling him he could receive a refund for high medical expenses, and then having him transfer approximately 2 million yen to a designa…
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The president of an agricultural greenhouse manufacturing company has been arrested on suspicion of using a minor employee as a "cash mule" and instructing him to carry out a refund scam. Takumi Kikushima (29) is suspected of making a false phone call to a man in his 50s living in Kanagawa Prefecture in May 2026, telling him he could receive a refund for high medical expenses, and then having him transfer approximately 2 million yen to a designa…

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FNN.jpプライムオンライン broke the news on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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