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Tokyo company accused of selling lists of names to fraud ring
OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested the president of a Tokyo-based company that maintains lists of names for allegedly selling personal information to a fraud ring, reports the Asahi Shimbun (Aug. 12). Last November, Katsumi Yamazaki, the 75-year-old president of Business Planning, allegedly sold approximately 14,800 names to the ring knowing that the data could be used for criminal purposes. Police did not reveal whether Yamazaki admits to aiding and abetting computer fraud. Katsumi Yamazaki (X) 'Concerned about their health' The ring specializes in tokushu sagi ('special fraud'), which is carried out on the telephone by a caller impersonating an authority figure or a victim's relative. The ring is suspected of using the list provided by the suspect to defraud a woman in her 60s in Hiroshima Prefecture out of approximately 2.5 million yen under the guise of a nursing care insurance refund. Yamazaki sold the list to the ring after receiving a request. A member of the ring said, 'We want a list of people in their 60s to 80s who are concerned about their health.' Including the Hiroshima case, a total of eight cases of fraud have been confirmed, with the amount lost totaling approximately 8 million yen. Funds deposited Business Planning emerged as part of investigations into tax refund fraud cases in Hiroshima. With a total of 3 million yen was deposited into the company's account from the ring between October last year and April this year, Osaka police are investigating whether other lists were also sold by the suspect. In May, the Personal Information Protection Commission issued an emergency order to the company, calling for it to stop the inappropriate sale of personal information. Police are also investigating the possibility that he sold lists to other fraud rings.
16-05-2025
- Business
Japan Personal Info Protection Body Issues 1st Emergency Order
News from Japan May 16, 2025 22:34 (JST) Tokyo, May 16 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government's Personal Information Protection Commission issued an emergency order under the personal information protection law for the first time, against a Tokyo name list broker. The commission ordered the company, called Business Planning, to immediately stop its illegal provision of personal information and set up a system to prevent any recurrence. According to the commission, the company sold name lists to members of a fraud group between May 2023 and October 2024, although it was aware of the possibility that the lists might be used for crime. The illegal provision came to light during the commission's on-site inspection of the company in April this year, after police found that one of the group members had sent money to the company's bank account. Under the law, the provision of personal information to a third party requires the prior consent of the individuals concerned. [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.] Jiji Press
