Current Events > Woman reported to police for looking ugly in a suit... turns out she is a crook.

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Taxi driver is one of those jobs that can involve a broad range of activities. Obviously driving the taxi is the main one, but they might also find themselves filling the role of travel guide if an out-of-town tourist has some questions about the community, or even just lending a friendly or sympathetic ear when a passenger is feeling chatty.

And then theres the driver of a cab in Hyogo Prefecture, who suddenly became a crime fighter this week. Last Tuesday morning, the driver picked up a passenger in the town of Ako, a 27-year-old woman with brown hair wearing a suit. She asked him to take her to a private residence elsewhere in the city, and he did. After he dropped her off, though, instead of going cruising for his next fare, the taxi driver called the police and told them I gave a ride to a young woman with brown hair, but she didnt look right in the suit. I think she might be involved in some kind of scam.

The jump from wearing a suit to pulling a scam might seem strange, but the most common frauds in Japan involve criminals posing as respectable businesspeople to cheat gullible or confused senior citizens out of their money, and so the police decided to look into the matter.

Before an officer could arrive on scene the young woman had already left in a different cab, but investigators were able to contact the second driver and find out where hed taken her.

From there, it was only a short time until they located the woman, having changed into a different outfit but with the suit shed been wearing during the cab ride still in her possession. Also in her possession: the ATM card of an 88-year-old woman who lives in the home the first cab driver had taken her to.

Upon questioning, the younger woman admitted that shed called the older woman on the phone earlier that morning, telling her a made-up story about a medical care insurance refund that she was eligible for. Posing as an intermediary agent handling the transaction, she convinced the elderly woman to give her her ATM card and tell her the PIN, ostensibly with the lie that she needed them to transfer the refund into the victims bank account.

Luckily, the police were able to take the woman into custody before she could withdraw funds with the ill-gotten card and PIN. Shes now been arrested for attempted fraud and has admitted to the charges, though investigators believe she is likely a runner for a larger operation.

Full Article: https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Woman-reported-to-police-for-not-looking-right-in-a-suit-turns-out-she%E2%80%99s-a-crook



Reminds me of that Nerdcubed Autoban simulator video where he pulls a random car over and the driver turns out to be a wanted criminal

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