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THEFT

Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2019
Police urge vigilance as thieves and scammers target Japan's typhoon-hit areas
Sneak thieves and prowlers have been found to be active in areas of northeastern to central Japan stricken by Typhoon Hagibis in mid-October, authorities have said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 7, 2019
North Korea may have played a role in massive ¥1.86 billion ATM fraud at Japanese convenience stores in 2016: U.N. panel
North Korea may have been involved in a case in which ¥1.86 billion was withdrawn fraudulently from ATMs in Japan in 2016, a U.N. panel said in an interim report on Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 27, 2019
Japan panel resumes talks on steps to fight digital piracy
A government panel has resumed talks on measures against pirate websites where manga and other content are uploaded without the permission of copyright holders.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 8, 2019
Binance says hackers stole 7,000 bitcoin worth $40 million from its exchange, one of the world's largest
Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, said hackers withdrew 7,000 bitcoin worth about $40 million via a single transaction in a "large scale security breach," the latest in a long line of thefts in the digital currency space.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 11, 2019
Chinese employees stole corporate secrets from Dutch semiconductor maker, newspaper reports
Chinese employees stole corporate secrets from Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, Dutch financial newspaper Financieele Dagblad (FD) reported on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 8, 2018
Shootout at Brazilian bank robbery kills 14
Fourteen people including six hostages were killed early on Friday in a shootout between police and bank robbers attempting to blow up ATMs at two banks in a small town in northeastern Brazil, authorities said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Dec 1, 2018
Japan Times 1968: Bandit steals ¥294 million in daring daylight robbery
A young man posing as a motorcycle policeman robbed a bank car of u00a5294 million in cash in a daring broad daylight robbery on a highway in Fuchu in western Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2018
¥6.7 billion in digital money stolen from Osaka firm
Hackers gained unauthorized access to the exchange's hot wallets, which are less secure and where funds are held for immediate transactions.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 7, 2018
Turmoil continues for Hannaryz
It's been a tumultuous offseason for the Kyoto Hannaryz.

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