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Title: Fake wedding scam nets only 12 million yen, prison time
Post by: Foxy Brown on September 12, 2006, 04:04:19 AM

The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a man and a woman to 26 months in prison for staging a fraudulent wedding reception in which they pretended to be members of the Imperial family and bilked guests out of 12 million yen in cash and a painting. (http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060912a3.html)

Title: Fake wedding scam nets only 12 million yen, prison time
Post by: smoothee on September 12, 2006, 10:35:58 AM

wow not a bad haul.. wait.. is 12mil yen good moeny? well w/e.. they got a painting.. thats cool.. hope they have fun in jail..

Title: Fake wedding scam nets only 12 million yen, prison time
Post by: Gblue on September 12, 2006, 01:17:04 PM

Quote from: smoothee

wow not a bad haul.. wait.. is 12mil yen good moeny? well w/e.. they got a painting.. thats cool.. hope they have fun in jail..

its about $100k