Aichi police make first money mule arrest in Japan
NAGOYA -- An English teacher has been arrested on suspicion of serving as a mule in a money laundering case here, law enforcers said.
Ramos Edmundo Jr. Asperilla, a 32-year-old Filipino, was arrested on Jan. 14 on suspicion of violating the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds. Aichi Prefectural Police say it is the first arrest in Japan involving a suspected money mule.
Police accuse Ramos of sending 380,000 yen to Russia through a money-transmitting business on Oct. 29 last year and receiving 20,000 yen in remuneration.
Prefectural police said that the same day, the Internet bank account of a 40-year-old woman from Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture was illicitly accessed, and 400,000 yen from the account was deposited into Ramos' account. Ramos was instructed by a person posing as a British consultant to send the money to Russia, minus remuneration of 20,000 yen. The money was subsequently withdrawn in Russia.
Ramos has reportedly admitted to the allegations. He was quoted as telling police that he suspected money was being laundered, but he sent the cash because he was afraid of the Russian mafia.
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but he sent the cash because he was afraid of the Russian mafia
Nonono, the correct thing to do is keep the cash and flee to Thailand, leaving your pregnant wife behind
