[國際新聞] Japanese man posed as doctor in tsunami-hit area accused of fraud 2011, first, police, suspect, arrested, arrested, suspect, police, first, 2011

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Oct. 13, 2011 - 06:30AM JST

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/man-posing-as-doctor-in-tsunami-hit-area-accused-of-fraud

TOKYO
A man who was arrested for impersonating a doctor in the tsunami-ravaged Tohoku region, has been accused of defrauding an NPO out of 1 million yen, police said Wednesday.
The suspect, who has been named as Yo****aka Yoneta, 42, was first arrested in August. He was held for posing as a doctor in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, and for possessing forged documents, despite not holding a medical license.
The case came to light after a major newspaper carried a photo of Yoneta treating an evacuee in Ishinomaki. Yoneta had “treated” several people in earthquake-affected areas by the time the ruse was uncovered. Authorities said that Yoneta had also breached medical practitioners’ law in late June when he attended a medical conference by showing staff a copy of a medical practitioner’s license, which turned out to be a forgery.
According to TV Asahi, since his arrest, police have uncovered evidence suggesting that Yoneta applied to the Nippon Foundation, a philanthropic NPO, for a grant in June. Police say he received 1 million yen from the foundation. Yoneta was quoted by police as saying that he used all the money on pachinko and food, TV Asahi reported.

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Another Japanese fraud taking advantage of other people.