The Ghana Police Department confirmed in early August that Ghanaian authorities had arrested 58-year-old Hikaru Morikawa on an Interpol warrant from Tokyo. Japan After the Japanese government revoked Morikawa’s passport
Interpol said Morikawa was now detaining Morikawa pending his deportation. It will be a joint operation between the Interpol of Ghana. Department of Immigration of Ghana Interpol of Tokyo and the Japanese Embassy in Ghana
Morikawa is accused of being the leader of a gang of scammers who use their affairs to defraud their victims. The members of the gang pretend to be Japanese workers or employees working outside their home country. They then try to trick victims from dating apps into sending them money on the basis of various necessities, such as asking them to pay a package delivery fee or borrowing money.
Authorities believe Morikawa was the mastermind behind the scam of 65 victims that cost them nearly 400 million yen ($105 million) in assets, including the 60-year-old from Oh. Saga lost 1.15 million yen (regarding 302,103 baht) in 2019 for Morikawa disguised as a Japanese female doctor. to work in Yemen and defrauding victims claiming to be used as the cost of sending items to the victim
Japanese police also found links between Morikawa and the case of a Tokyo woman. It was deceived by two men, presumed to be a 52-year-old Yokohama worker, and a 56-year-old yakuza leader who is involved in the Sumiyoshi-kai. which is the second largest yakuza network in Japan The victim lost regarding 340,000 yen, or nearly 90,000 baht.
The police also believe that The leader of the yakuza gang in that case. who died in the month last Feb. Managed money laundering proceeds from Morikawa scams.
Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for Morikawa since August last year, and published a photo of him in front of him last month. last May Japanese police believe he fled to Ghana since August 2018 and because the foreign ministry ordered Morikawa to return his passport following the document expired in the month. last Feb. This puts him in the current state of illegally entering Ghana.
In addition to Morikawa, police have also arrested suspects of involvement in the case. Fifteen more ‘flirt and trick money transfers’, many of which are in charge of opening bank accounts to receive money that the gang has deceived.
Source: nextshark.com
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