Man charged for alleged \'phising\' fraud
Publish date: 15 February 2006
Issue Number: 1119
Diary: Legalbrief eLaw
Category: Cybercrime
Police have served another warrant on a 25-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of a \'phishing\' fraud, in which he allegedly stole and used personal information from Yahoo Japan\'s Internet auction service users, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
The Japan Times reports that police allege that Sunao Koizumi, using stolen user IDs and passwords, won about 300 bids for book vouchers and travel coupons worth some 5.5 million yen, which he then resold. Full report in The Japan Times
