3 S. Koreans nabbed for underground bank scheme in Japan.TOKYO, Nov. 6 Kyodo Three South Koreans The Korean people are an East Asian ethnic group [2]. Most Koreans live in the Korean Peninsula, and speak the Korean language. Names South Koreans call Koreans Hangukin have been arrested on suspicion of running an underground bank remitting funds unlawfully from Japan to South Korea Korea (kôrē`ə, kə–), Korean Hanguk or Choson, region and historic country (85,049 sq mi/220,277 sq km), E Asia. , police said Monday. Police said a joint investigative team of the Metropolitan Police Department and the Niigata, Hyogo and Hiroshima prefectural pre·fec·ture n. 1. The district administered or governed by a prefect. 2. The office or authority of a prefect. 3. The residence or housing of a prefect. police forces has searched 12 locations for evidence in connection with the case. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. police investigations, the three remitted about 15 million yen to South Korea between November 1997 and July this year alone, with the funds remitted on behalf of about 10 South Koreans working in Japan. The three suspects received about 100,000 yen in remittance Money sent from one individual to another in the form of cash, check, or some other manner. Financial statements sent by a creditor to a debtor frequently refer to the process of submitting a monthly remittance. REMITTANCE, comm. law. fees, in violation of the Banking Law, police said. Investigative sources said they suspect the three remitted as much as 4.5 billion yen over a nine-year period using a rental video shop in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward and other locations as ''windows'' for the alleged underground banking operation. |
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