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Chinese on Japanese? Chinese Bar Frauds Net 300 million Yen



 
 
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Old February 2nd, 2007, 12:24 AM posted to soc.culture.china,soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.korean,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia
RichAsianKid
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Default Chinese on Japanese? Chinese Bar Frauds Net 300 million Yen

Looks like "most of the arrested Chinese were from Fujian Province",
i.e. mainland Chinese. And wow, "The police believe the crime was
*systematically* committed as they have heard that the Chinese had an
instructor.", i.e. organized. First we had Chinese preying on Koreans
http://tinyurl.com/yrd9r3 . Then now Chinese preying on Japanese?
Unreal.

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http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national...01TDY02010.htm

Chinese bar frauds net 300 million yen

The Yomiuri Shimbun

Cash cards stolen from customers of Chinese bars in entertainment
quarters in Tokyo, including one in Ueno, were used to withdraw about
300 million yen on about 400 occasions over three years to the end of
last year, the Metropolitan Police Department said Wednesday.

According to the MPD, the cash cards were stolen from the customers,
who had been handed huge drink bills, after they withdrew money from
automated teller machines to pay for the outstanding amounts they owed
the bars.

Chinese hostesses who accompanied the customers to withdraw money
might have memorized customers' personal identification numbers by
stealing a glance when they entered their PINs, the MPD said.

When police cracked down on an entertainment area with many such bars,
victims were reported in other areas, prompting a hide-and-seek race
between the police and the thieves, the MPD said.

The MPD believes the Chinese hostesses were coached on how to fleece
their customers.

According to the MPD, the Chinese bars in the area around Nakamachi-
dori avenue, an entertainment quarter near JR Ueno Station, were
reported to have the most cash-card frauds.

The bars had Chinese hostesses lure passersby on the streets by
telling them the bars charged just 3,000 yen for them to drink until
the next morning, the officers said.

The hostesses would accompany them to the bars if the passersby agreed
to go, the officers said.

According to cases reported to police, customers were asked to pay
20,000 yen to 50,000 yen for their drinks.

If they did not have enough money, hostesses would take them to nearby
convenience stores to withdraw money from ATMs, the officers said.

After their withdrawals, their cash cards were stolen and used to
withdraw hundreds of thousands of yen, the officers said.

The cash cards were believed to have been stolen after customers were
"treated" to drinks until they became drunk when they returned to pay
their remaining charges, the officers said.

In several cases, video footage from security cameras showed that
hostesses standing behind customers furtively looked at the PINs
customers entered, the MPD said.

As the bars take a 30 percent cut from the money illegally withdrawn
by the hostesses, they are referred to by Chinese in the trade as san-
qi (30-70) bars, the MPD said.

The number of such victims increased rapidly around 2004, with 281
cases resulting in damages totaling about 210 million yen reported in
that year alone.

Police stepped up their crackdown on such bars at the end of 2004, and
by July had arrested 15 Chinese nationals, including bar owners,
hostesses and a 36-year-old man responsible for withdrawing money, on
suspicion of theft.

Starting in July, customers were reported to have been cheated of cash
by two Chinese bars south of JR Akabane Station.

Thirty-three cases in the Akabane area in which about 33 million yen
was stolen were reported in the second half of last year.

Police arrested six hostesses in Akabane after August and believed
that the Chinese had moved to Akabane, but in December the number of
such fraud cases in Ueno increased again.

Most of the arrested Chinese were from Fujian Province.

The police believe the crime was systematically committed as they have
heard that the Chinese had an instructor.
(Feb. 1, 2007)

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Old February 2nd, 2007, 12:46 AM posted to soc.culture.china,soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.korean,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia
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Default Did Stupid Jap monkey RAK get STD?

If a few Chinese committed crime in Japan, stupid monkey RAK can
extend it to Chinese preying on Japanese. Then some Taiwanese
prostitutes were diagnosed with STD, I am sure RAK will be very happy
to announce he is diagnosed with STD too.

Maybe RAK should tell us why he hates the Chinese so much so that he
has to post Chinese bashing posts every day. And we all know RAK is
pro-Taiwan Independence activist but he should tell us why the world
should support his TI cause instead of blaming the Chinese for his
failing TI movement.


On Feb 1, 6:24 pm, "RichAsianKid" wrote:
Looks like "most of the arrested Chinese were from Fujian Province",
i.e. mainland Chinese. And wow, "The police believe the crime was
*systematically* committed as they have heard that the Chinese had an
instructor.", i.e. organized. First we had Chinese preying on Koreanshttp://tinyurl.com/yrd9r3. Then now Chinese preying on Japanese?
Unreal.

-----------------http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070201TDY02010.htm

Chinese bar frauds net 300 million yen

The Yomiuri Shimbun

Cash cards stolen from customers of Chinese bars in entertainment
quarters in Tokyo, including one in Ueno, were used to withdraw about
300 million yen on about 400 occasions over three years to the end of
last year, the Metropolitan Police Department said Wednesday.

According to the MPD, the cash cards were stolen from the customers,
who had been handed huge drink bills, after they withdrew money from
automated teller machines to pay for the outstanding amounts they owed
the bars.

Chinese hostesses who accompanied the customers to withdraw money
might have memorized customers' personal identification numbers by
stealing a glance when they entered their PINs, the MPD said.

When police cracked down on an entertainment area with many such bars,
victims were reported in other areas, prompting a hide-and-seek race
between the police and the thieves, the MPD said.

The MPD believes the Chinese hostesses were coached on how to fleece
their customers.

According to the MPD, the Chinese bars in the area around Nakamachi-
dori avenue, an entertainment quarter near JR Ueno Station, were
reported to have the most cash-card frauds.

The bars had Chinese hostesses lure passersby on the streets by
telling them the bars charged just 3,000 yen for them to drink until
the next morning, the officers said.

The hostesses would accompany them to the bars if the passersby agreed
to go, the officers said.

According to cases reported to police, customers were asked to pay
20,000 yen to 50,000 yen for their drinks.

If they did not have enough money, hostesses would take them to nearby
convenience stores to withdraw money from ATMs, the officers said.

After their withdrawals, their cash cards were stolen and used to
withdraw hundreds of thousands of yen, the officers said.

The cash cards were believed to have been stolen after customers were
"treated" to drinks until they became drunk when they returned to pay
their remaining charges, the officers said.

In several cases, video footage from security cameras showed that
hostesses standing behind customers furtively looked at the PINs
customers entered, the MPD said.

As the bars take a 30 percent cut from the money illegally withdrawn
by the hostesses, they are referred to by Chinese in the trade as san-
qi (30-70) bars, the MPD said.

The number of such victims increased rapidly around 2004, with 281
cases resulting in damages totaling about 210 million yen reported in
that year alone.

Police stepped up their crackdown on such bars at the end of 2004, and
by July had arrested 15 Chinese nationals, including bar owners,
hostesses and a 36-year-old man responsible for withdrawing money, on
suspicion of theft.

Starting in July, customers were reported to have been cheated of cash
by two Chinese bars south of JR Akabane Station.

Thirty-three cases in the Akabane area in which about 33 million yen
was stolen were reported in the second half of last year.

Police arrested six hostesses in Akabane after August and believed
that the Chinese had moved to Akabane, but in December the number of
such fraud cases in Ueno increased again.

Most of the arrested Chinese were from Fujian Province.

The police believe the crime was systematically committed as they have
heard that the Chinese had an instructor.
(Feb. 1, 2007)



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Old February 2nd, 2007, 03:29 AM posted to soc.culture.china,soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.korean,soc.culture.singapore,rec.travel.asia
Wakalukong
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Default Chinese on Japanese? Chinese Bar Frauds Net 300 million Yen

On Feb 2, 7:24 am, "RichAsianKid" wrote:
Looks like "most of the arrested Chinese were from Fujian Province",
i.e. mainland Chinese. And wow, "The police believe the crime was
*systematically* committed as they have heard that the Chinese had an
instructor.", i.e. organized. First we had Chinese preying on Koreanshttp://tinyurl.com/yrd9r3. Then now Chinese preying on Japanese?
Unreal.

-----------------http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070201TDY02010.htm

Chinese bar frauds net 300 million yen

--------

Who's the Chinese instructor? You? You're quite a fraudster yourself
-- systematically twisting facts to present a never-changing negative
image of China and the poor.

Wakalukong

 




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