1. Japanese police arrested three individuals, Qian Ling (Chinese national), Miyadai Shohei, and Lu Lu (both Chinese nationals) for their alleged involvement in fraud schemes in 2023.
2. The suspects are believed to have posed as police officers, extorting cash, assets, including cryptocurrency, worth a combined $26,000 from a man and a woman in their 60s. Lu is also suspected of swindling another man out of assets worth over $200,000.
3. Qian Ling is believed to be the leader of a Cambodia-based scam group that has allegedly swindled approximately $33 million since 2023. The police suspect the involvement of Japanese organized crime groups and Chinese criminal organizations in these scams, but have not disclosed whether the suspects have admitted to the charges.