Executive Linked to Major Asian Crime Group Arrested in Japan
Police say the three filed a false change-of-address notice to help Hu seek permanent residency and tied him to a U.S.-sanctioned fraud network.
- On Monday, The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department arrested Shi, a 44-year-old Chinese-born Cypriot, and two others for filing a fraudulent change-of-address notification in Chuo Ward on April 20.
- Authorities suspect Shi is an executive of the Cambodia-based Prince Holding Group, which the United States and Britain sanctioned as operating large-scale online scam compounds.
- Investigators allege Shi held a Highly Skilled Professional Type 1 status in Japan and instructed Yinhong to impersonate him during the filing process to obtain permanent residency.
- While Hao Fengzhi and Yinhong denied the allegations, Police are investigating the falsified electronic official records and the group's broader activities within Japan.
- Last year, the Treasury Department added Prince Holding Group and its chairman, Chen Zhi, to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list for international online fraud.
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Executive linked to major Asian crime group arrested in Japan
A man believed to be an executive of a Cambodia-based, Chinese-affiliated group sanctioned by the United States and Britain as one of Asia's largest criminal networks was arrested in Japan along with two others, investigative sources said Monday.
Senior member of Prince Holding Group arrested in Japan
A senior member of a Cambodia-based Chinese-affiliated group sanctioned by the United States and Britain as one of Asia's largest criminal networks has been arrested in Japan, investigative sources said on Monday.
According to sources close to the investigation on the 23rd, the Hyogo Prefectural Police have decided to arrest a Japanese national in his 30s on suspicion of fraud in connection with a special fraud group that is believed to have carried out "fake police scams" and other frauds by impersonating police officers based in Cambodia. The man is believed to be the ringleader.
It was revealed on the 23rd, through interviews with investigative sources, that a man arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, believed to be a leader of the "Prince Group," a Chinese-Chinese organization in Cambodia that the US and UK governments have imposed economic sanctions on as one of Asia's largest criminal groups, had a "highly skilled professional" visa. Among them, he was a business executive in Japan…
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