Chinese executive nabbed over fake gold scam following rare plea deal一名中国高管因涉嫌假黄金诈骗被捕，此前他罕见地达成了认罪协议。
Hiroshima Prefectural Police have arrested a 37-year-old Chinese national on suspicion of fraud for allegedly swindling second-hand stores using fake gold jewelry
HIROSHIMA (TR) – Hiroshima Prefectural Police have arrested a 37-year-old Chinese national on suspicion of fraud for allegedly swindling second-hand stores using fake gold jewelry.
According to the Sankei Shimbun (Sep. 30), the arrest was a breakthrough that stemmed from a rare judicial plea bargain.
Xue Zhiwei, a company executive residing in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward, is accused of conspiring with multiple individuals to defraud three recycle shops in Fukuyama City in July of last year.
According to police, the group presented counterfeit bracelets and rings to the shops, falsely claiming they were genuine gold products. In total, the group walked away with 3.96 million yen in cash. Xue is the sixth person arrested in connection with the scam.
Investigators strongly suspect the series of frauds was orchestrated by an anonymous criminal syndicate whose members communicate via smartphone — a modern, loosely affiliated type of criminal network known as tokuryu .
The arrest of Xue was made possible after prosecutors struck a plea deal with one of the previously arrested defendants. In a bid to dismantle the ring, the Fukuyama Branch of the Hiroshima District Public Prosecutors Office agreed to seek a lighter punishment for the defendant in exchange for testimony identifying other co-conspirators.
In March of this year, the cooperating defendant was handed a suspended sentence, exactly as requested by prosecutors, paving the way for police to widen their net and track down Xue.
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广岛（TR）——广岛县警方逮捕了一名37岁的中国公民，他涉嫌使用假黄金首饰诈骗二手商店。
据《产经新闻》（9月30日）报道，此次逮捕行动是一项突破，源于罕见的司法认罪协议。
居住在东京足立区的公司高管薛志伟被指控与多人合谋，于去年7月在福山市诈骗三家回收店。
据警方称，该团伙向商店出示假冒手镯和戒指，谎称是真金制品。他们共骗取现金396万日元。薛某是因这起诈骗案被捕的第六人。
调查人员强烈怀疑这一系列诈骗案是由一个匿名犯罪集团策划的，该集团成员通过智能手机进行交流——这是一种被称为“tokuryu”的现代松散型犯罪网络。
薛某的落网得益于检方与此前已被捕的一名被告达成的认罪协议。为了瓦解该犯罪团伙，广岛地方检察厅福山分庭同意为被告争取较轻的刑罚，以换取其提供证词，指认其他同谋。
今年三月，配合检方的被告人被判缓刑，这正是检方所要求的，这为警方扩大搜捕范围、追捕薛某铺平了道路。
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