MAN ARRESTED FOR CLAIMING REWARD MONEY FOR HANDING IN SMARTPHONE HE STOLE - TOKYO JAPAN

MAN ARRESTED FOR CLAIMING REWARD MONEY FOR HANDING IN SMARTPHONE HE STOLE - TOKYO JAPAN   

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TOKYO

Police in Tokyo have arrested a 57-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of defrauding the male owner of a smartphone he stole and then handed in to a police station as lost property.

According to police, Mitsuyoshi Nakai is suspected of stealing the man's smartphone at a restaurant in Koto Ward last year. He handed it in as lost property at a police station, and when the owner came to collect the phone, he claimed a 5,000 yen cash reward for finding the phone.

Police allege Nakai stole the smartphone while the man was away from his table.

The crime came to light when the man, upon handing over the reward money, noticed that Nakai resembled a person seen on the restaurant's security camera footage and told the police.

Police said Nakai has denied the allegation and quoted him as saying, "I simply picked up something I found and reported it to the police station, so it is my natural right to receive the reward money."

Nakai has reported lost items to police stations in Tokyo more than 60 times, and police are investigating whether he has used the same method in all those cases.

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