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Terror Networks
Japan Arrests 2 for Cash Transfers
2002-11-15
Two Iranian men were arrested Friday for allegedly transferring cash illegally from banks in Tokyo to overseas accounts, and Japanese police were investigating possible links to terrorist organizations. The men were identified as Rahmani Akbar, 32, and Ghanbar Ali Zivari Derakhshan, 45, a Tokyo Metropolitan Police spokesman said on condition of anonymity. The two were acquaintances, he said, and only Akbar had a permit to work in Japan.
They are fussy about that in Japan.
Japan's Kyodo news agency cited police sources as saying the two suspects may have transferred as much as $3.3 million to 15 countries, including the United States, between October 2001 and last month. The spokesman said police believe Akbar transferred $42,950 to accounts in Hong Kong and Switzerland from a Tokyo bank account belonging to an unidentified person.
Wonder who that would be?
Akbar, who lives in Yokohama, is suspected of forging the account holder's signature to make the transfers on May 15 and Oct. 18, the police spokesman said. Kyodo cited police sources as saying Akbar had opened two bank accounts under an alias in 2000 and received deposits from more than 140 foreigners.
Bet they got the names, they keep good records over there.
Derakhshan is suspected of sending $36,000 to a bank account in the United Arab Emirates on May 15, using a method similar to Akbar's, the police spokesman said. Derakhshan, who first came to Japan in 1991 and was working at a restaurant in Kawasaki, was also found to have illegally overstayed his most recent six-month tourist visa, the spokesman said.
Japanese INS must get their training from ours.
Police were investigating whether the overseas accounts were on an international list of bank accounts owned by individuals and groups believed to have links to terrorist organizations.
Bets, anyone?
Posted by:Steve

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