Japan arrests Vietnamese man on charges of fraud, embezzling 5 million yen

Japanese police arrested Tran Viet Anh on charges of cyber fraud, appropriating 5 million yen by remotely controlling the victim's computer.

In a statement on June 7, Aichi prefectural police in Japan said that Tran Viet Anh, 29 years old, a Vietnamese national, was arrested on suspicion of remotely taking control of an online bank account and illegally transferring money into his account.

According to the investigation, Viet Anh and his accomplices are accused of displaying a fake virus warning on the login screen of a 69-year-old man in September 2022, instructing the victim to install software capable of remotely controlling the computer.

Evidence confiscated by police after Tran Viet Anh's arrest at a press conference by Aichi police on June 7. Photo: TBS News

Viet Anh then used the software to take control of the computer, log into the victim's bank account and transfer 5 million yen ($36,000) to another account. The money was converted into cryptocurrency and then transferred to Viet Anh's account.

This is believed to be the first case of illegal money transfer discovered in this way in Japan.

The suspect denied the charges, claiming that he was not the one who transferred the money, but Aichi police said Viet Anh was the ringleader of more than 2,500 online scams, including romance scams against women, taking 1.24 billion yen (8.8 million USD) from the victims.

According to the Immigration and Residence Affairs Agency of Japan (ISA), there are currently nearly 433,000 Vietnamese people living in the country, accounting for 15.7% of foreigners in Japan.

Duc Trung (According to Asahi, Kyodo, Nagoya TV, TBS News )

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