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INTEREST: Man Arrested for Selling Fake Yōkai Watch Medals

So when are they going to start arresting people who sell forged seiyuu signatures? I shake my head so much when I see people bidding on those... The signatures are so sloppy yet somehow someone always gets duped.

I'll agreed the police (particularly Japanese police) are not doing a good job with catching the right criminals.

Do you really need to start bashing the Japanese again already?
I would like to see a source that supports your claim that the Japanese police are not doing a good job.

The case has frustrated and embarrassed the National Police Agency after prefectural police claimed to have extracted confessions for arrested suspects only to later admit that they were mistaken.

The police believe that because Japan is one of the world’s most crime-free societies, they must be great crime fighters. In fact, the opposite is true: Japan is peaceful, safe and regimented not because of, but despite, the frequently disgraceful performance of its guardians. Individually, many Japanese police officers are honest and dedicated. But as an institution, the force they serve is arrogant, complacent and incompetent. Rarely has this been so obvious as in the last few days.

Japan has been reeling over the case of a 45-year-old Nepalese man, Govinda Prasad Mainali, who returned to Katmandu last weekend after 15 years in detention. At the end of a prolonged trial (he was first cleared in a lower court), he was convicted of murdering a Japanese woman in Tokyo in 1997. The evidence was circumstantial; Mr. Govinda insisted on his innocence. After years of badgering by his lawyers, prosecutors finally surrendered DNA samples, which made it clear that he had told the truth, and that another, unidentified, man had carried out the crime.

Touma wrote:

Do you really need to start bashing the Japanese again already? I would like to see a source that supports your claim that the Japanese police are not doing a good job.

Well you ask and you shall receive:

I hope that's enough to back up my claim.

Uh, I don't really think he was "asking", but good point--Touma, might want to watch the wording next time,

It's enough, it's enough!...

Wait there are fake forged seiyuu signatures done by professional (or not quite professional) con artists ??

That is really surprising, I never knew those exist. I'll agreed the police (particularly Japanese police) are not doing a good job with catching the right criminals.

@GokuMew2: Jeez Louis!!!

OK, that seem to enforce the "Japanese Police are incompetent". Has there been any demand from the Seiyuu agency to stop making fake signatures or did they not know of this??

To be honest, this is the first time I've heard of this.

Well you can't really blame the police if there isn't anyone (such has the buyer or a seiyuu agency) putting in a complaint. I really do hope that some seiyuu agencies get involved to stop this. =\

Well I hope they become aware of this, I'm surprised this has happened, has this forgeries/frauds been going on for a long time (as in has this happened like 10 or 20 years back??) or did it happened recently (like 1 or 2 years ago)??