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"A Copper Wire that Shouldn't Be There Was connected"... Four Men Arrested on Suspicion of Illegally Modifying the Electricity Meter of a Japanese Confectionery Shop to Underestimate Power Consumption.

[Yomiuri Shimbun] Okayama Prefectural Police announced on the 25th that they have arrested four men aged 24 to 35, including a 34-year-old man of U.S. nationality from Yotsukaido City, Chiba Prefecture, who claims to be a retail electricity business owner, on suspicion of fraudulent obstruction of business. They allegedly illegally modified electricity meters to under-measure electricity consumption, thereby disrupting the operations of a power …

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[Yomiuri Shimbun] Okayama Prefectural Police announced on the 25th that they have arrested four men aged 24 to 35, including a 34-year-old man of U.S. nationality from Yotsukaido City, Chiba Prefecture, who claims to be a retail electricity business owner, on suspicion of fraudulent obstruction of business. They allegedly illegally modified electricity meters to under-measure electricity consumption, thereby disrupting the operations of a power …

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読売新聞オンライン broke the news in Japan on Friday, June 26, 2026.
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