According to a report by the Kobe Shimbun, the Ashiya Police Station in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, said on September 30 that a 65-year-old man was scammed by someone impersonating a police officer. The fraudster stole approximately 826 million yen (about $5.26 million) in cryptocurrency assets. The scammers falsely claimed that the victim’s bank account was linked to multiple people who had filed complaints, and asked him to check his assets to “prove his innocence.” The victim then, following the instructions, converted his deposit and securities assets into cryptocurrency and stored them in his personal wallet. Between September 7 and 17, the related assets were transferred to addresses controlled by the scammer in 10 separate transactions. The police are investigating the case as an computer-related fraud.