Senior figure in Japanese fraud, theft group arrested in Philippines

Inquirer.net - Nov 1, 2026

Philippine authorities on Saturday arrested a suspected senior figure in JP Dragon, a Japanese fraud and theft syndicate that has targeted elderly people in Japan in recent years, police said. Yoshitaka Yamamoto, 57, believed to have been the group’s No. 2 figure, was arrested by police and immigration personnel in Nueva Ecija province, north of

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