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It was discovered in an interview with investigators that a suspect in his 30s who appears to be the head of a special fraud group was arrested by the Metropolitan Metropolitan Police Department as a result of fraudulent telephone calls pretending to be from the city hall. The total amount of damage exceeded 2 billion yen, and some were violent...
Japanese public opinion
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Ringleaders of these scams should get the death penalty, no question.
At the very least they should get life in prison and never walk free again.
Sentences are far too light and the law lags behind; victims never get their money back.
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