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Toyama robbery and special fraud investigation

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Police in Toyama Prefecture are investigating a robbery in Toyama City involving a man in his 50s who was allegedly attacked by three men, believed to be foreign nationals. The suspects reportedly used physical ~~force~~ force, including elbow strikes, to steal an envelope containing 2 million yen from the victim’s backpack before fleeing in a vehicle toward the Jinzu River area. No weapons were reported to have been used. Authorities have linked the robbery to a special fraud case. A 58-year-old man, Koichi Murata, was referred to prosecutors on suspicion of acting as a ‘receiver’ after allegedly defrauding a woman in her 70s of 2 million yen and a gold bar. Investigators believe the robbery was motivated by the suspects targeting the cash and valuables Murata had obtained through the fraud.

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