Current Events > Man steals over 1,500 Pokemon cards then doesn't even get paid for the theft.

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Just this week one caper that spanned most of the country was thwarted by the Tokyo police, who arrested 35-year-old Masaki Omori of Okinawa for stealing some 1,500 cards.

It all began when Omori applied for a yami baito or dark part-time job which is a one-time, high-pay, and high-risk criminal endeavor at the request of someone, often made over social media.

Omoris job was to travel to Akihabara in Tokyo and steal Pokemon cards. A specific shop was designated by the person or people who hired him, and although it also sold other goods like mobile phones, Omori was instructed to only get cards. If successful he would be paid over one million yen.

The suspect flew to Ibaraki on April 11 using his own money and rented a car from there to travel to Akihabara. At about 5 a.m. on April 12, Omori smashed through a window of the unoccupied store and proceeded to take about 1,500 cards worth approximately 1.15 million yen.

Omori then took the cards to a rendezvous in an Ibaraki park and handed them over to his contact. He was then informed to pick up his payment at a separate rendezvous on a later date, but when Omori went there, no one else showed up.

After his arrest, he told police that he needed money to cover living expenses after incurring heavy losses from gambling. The authorities are currently using his smartphone to track down the person or persons who hired him and currently have the stolen merchandise.

Its hard to know how long the Pokemon card resale market can sustain its current level in order to make any significant changes that reduce crime. The issue of yami baito, however, might be a more prolonged concern as criminals seem now able to very easily recruit what in many cases appear to be patsies to help them distance themselves from incrimination.

Full Article: https://japantoday.com/category/crime/okinawa-man-hired-to-steal-1-500-pokemon-cards-arrested-in-tokyo
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Good lord how can you be so stupid?

"Ok I'll steal the thing, have no pay up front, pay for my own expenses to do the crime, give you the thing I stole, and then later on go alone to a different undisclosed location for you to eventually pay me? Sounds legit. I sure know a guy who hires thieves to steal shit can be trusted to have high integrity."

Even Ryu from Shenmue wouldn't fall for that

How easy is it to get on the dark part time jobs listing?

CM_Ponch posted...

How easy is it to get on the dark part time jobs listing?

That's probably not something you should ask

Sounds like the backstory of a D-tier Squid Game contestant.

CM_Ponch posted...

How easy is it to get on the dark part time jobs listing?

Don't bother they all want someone with 3 years experiance for a starter job.

UnfairRepresent posted...

Just this week one caper that spanned most of the country was thwarted by the Tokyo police, who arrested 35-year-old Masaki Omori of Okinawa for stealing some 1,500 cards.

It all began when Omori applied for a yami baito or dark part-time job which is a one-time, high-pay, and high-risk criminal endeavor at the request of someone, often made over social media.

Omoris job was to travel to Akihabara in Tokyo and steal Pokemon cards. A specific shop was designated by the person or people who hired him, and although it also sold other goods like mobile phones, Omori was instructed to only get cards. If successful he would be paid over one million yen.

The suspect flew to Ibaraki on April 11 using his own money and rented a car from there to travel to Akihabara. At about 5 a.m. on April 12, Omori smashed through a window of the unoccupied store and proceeded to take about 1,500 cards worth approximately 1.15 million yen.

Omori then took the cards to a rendezvous in an Ibaraki park and handed them over to his contact. He was then informed to pick up his payment at a separate rendezvous on a later date, but when Omori went there, no one else showed up.

After his arrest, he told police that he needed money to cover living expenses after incurring heavy losses from gambling. The authorities are currently using his smartphone to track down the person or persons who hired him and currently have the stolen merchandise.

Its hard to know how long the Pokemon card resale market can sustain its current level in order to make any significant changes that reduce crime. The issue of yami baito, however, might be a more prolonged concern as criminals seem now able to very easily recruit what in many cases appear to be patsies to help them distance themselves from incrimination.

Full Article: https://japantoday.com/category/crime/okinawa-man-hired-to-steal-1-500-pokemon-cards-arrested-in-tokyo
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/7/9/AAR2BsAADmSv.jpg

Good lord how can you be so stupid?

"Ok I'll steal the thing, have no pay up front, pay for my own expenses to do the crime, give you the thing I stole, and then later on go alone to a different undisclosed location for you to eventually pay me? Sounds legit. I sure know a guy who hires thieves to steal shit can be trusted to have high integrity."

Even Ryu from Shenmue wouldn't fall for that

Dude was a compulsive gambler. He has no brain.

UnfairRepresent posted...

Even Ryu from Shenmue wouldn't fall for that

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/3/2/AABhrNAAElH4.jpg

How stupid, not only is he going to jail the person he did this for gets away scott free and likely made bank selling those stolen cards at several times their mark up value.

This sounds like a substory in a Yakuza game

^ They base those on reality

NES4EVER posted...

This sounds like a substory in a Yakuza game

Exactly what I was thinking lol

Bruh broke the cardinal rule of no money no funny

Definitely should've started with bags of ganj... err maybe not since it is Japan

HANGtheDJ_86 posted...

Bruh broke the cardinal rule of no money no funny

Definitely should've started with bags of ganj... err maybe not since it is Japan

He'd just give it all to a guy anyway and collect payment a week later at a park

tremain07 posted...

How stupid, not only is he going to jail the person he did this for gets away scott free and likely made bank selling those stolen cards at several times their mark up value.

Yeah that crook got quids in

Did they ever figure out how some people were getting fat stacks of the most rare cards. One of the dumbasses tried to sell them by bulk at a single card shop and the story kinda blew up.