SHOP GRIFTER: Japanese Yakuza Mobster Seized Over Supermarket Loyalty Card

Picture shows a supermarket in Nagoya, Japan. Takuya Machinaga, 73, was arrested for making a membership card for a supermarket while hidingthat he belonged to a  gang, which was against the rules. Note: Photo is a screenshot from Google Maps. (Google Maps/Newsflash) Picture shows a supermarket in Nagoya, Japan. Takuya Machinaga, 73, was arrested for making a membership card for a supermarket while hidingthat he belonged to a gang, which was against the rules. Note: Photo is a screenshot from Google Maps. (Google Maps/Newsflash)
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06 March 2023
A Japanese yakuza mob boss has been arrested over fraud charges after he signed up for a supermarket loyalty card. Takuya Machinaga, 73 - reportedly a boss of Japan's largest and most powerful yakuza organisation - received his card for a Nagoya shop three years ago in 2020. But he was...