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Five members of the Philippines-based JP Dragon crime ring were arrested for allegedly posing as police in 2022 to defraud an elderly woman in Gifu Prefecture of ¥1.4 million
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FUKUOKA –
The Fukuoka Prefectural Police have arrested five more people with alleged links to Philippines-based Japanese crime ring JP Dragon on suspicion of fraud and theft.The suspects, including Miyako Iwamoto, 34, had been detained by Philippine immigration authorities in October and were later transfered to Japan
The Fukuoka police made the arrests on Tuesday.According to investigators, the five allegedly posed as police officers in December 2022 during a call with an elderly woman in Gifu Prefecture
They defrauded her of ¥1.4 million and stole her cash card.The latest arrests have brought the total number of apprehended members and people with ties to the group to 14.Investigators suspect that the group illicitly obtained about ¥900 million from roughly 250 victims across some 20 prefectures since autumn 2019.In a related case, the Philippine authorities detained alleged leader Ryuji Yoshioka, 55, in June 2025
The Fukuoka police have obtained an arrest warrant on suspicion of theft and are seeking his extradition.

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