The fraud claims allegedly centre on Yasuhiko Hirasawa, a member of a subsidiary of Yamaken-gumi. He and his conspirators were arrested in suspicion of fraudulently obtaining a bank card from a woman in her eighties, among others. They are believed to have impersonated police officers in phone calls to the woman made from China and to have tricked the victim into submitting the card by saying that they were checking for possible forgery. Police estimate that the group obtained roughly J¥140 m from victims in total. Source: The Japan Times