Court rejects damages suit by alleged swindler after money stolen from police safe

Damn, if you can't trust the police, who can you trust? (said with serious rolling eyes sarcasm)

$800,000....nice pickup coppers.

Hahahahahaaa, that's like the Mad TV skit where the guy called the police because somebody stole his weed

creepily low on many levels.

That is about 78 million more than he is charged with... so it seems to me that the police should be on the hook for it, less any additional fines, etc.  Unless of course they find additional fraud crimes to charge him with.

It seems to me that the victims should sue both this guy AND the police. The police should not get away with this. (But they will).

A swindler asking the police to compensate him for his swindled cash? That's like... well it's like something isn't it. Anyway this would make a good Japanese "comedy" skit

the police had no obligation to return items confiscated by investigative authorities.

But surely they are obligated to protect evidence? Dodgy bunch, the police.

A double swindle.

Always wondered what would happen in this story. He will go to jail, the people he stole from will get nothing, and somebody got ¥85million.

Crooks stealing from crooks.

The swindler was swindled by bigger swindlers. its now in the revenue box. Gonna be one heck of a year-end party for the Hiroshima cops this year.

weird ruling, he probably should take it to higher court and push ( unless they will dismiss all charges for under table payments )

he is only on trial for 6mil, and there is much more stolen from police...,most likely by police.

The ruling seem to suggest that court, prosecutors and coppers there are dirty and in on it.

@Steven he's not asking about the swindled cash per se.

Two main points.

One, he's still "accused" and not guilty (yet).

Two, he's accused of stealing 6 million yen. The cops took 85 million yen from him. Unless they find somewhere that he stole that money, that's almost 80 million yen that (possibly) rightfully belongs to him. He can still be fined and go to jail AND be out this money on top of it.

Don't misunderstand, I don't really feel sympathy for this guy, but if the police suspect me of something and take all of my money and "lose it" you can bet I'd be furious, especially if I hadn't actually done anything. It's not about this guy in particular. It's about the precedent that applies to ANY person who is ACCUSED of a crime.

It's probably gone to a fund called 'kuchi tomei kin', the extra money that they use to make up their salaries. It was widely reported in the Japan Press a few years ago. In Kanagawa and Hokkaido, the amounts reported were 3~4 billion Yen each year in each prefecture!

This story has enraged me. Crooked cops are the worst, abusing the power and authority of the state to feather their own nests. If this was me I'd be raising hell.

What goes around comes around as the line goes.

Serves the guy right, and he can understand how the victims feel -- minus being justified for feeling that way. Hope he wonders how he'll make ends meet, but is still forced to pay back every single yen. As for the money disappearing, pretty easy to guess it was the J-cops who took it.

Definitely sounds like an inside case. But there again, with the evidence gone, surely Nakayama san mey be able to get off the hook.

Should I really feel sorry for the swindler?????

Its like out of the movie Training Day...

Elonzo-Just tax him a little. Cash in an account.

Stan-Yeah Who's?

Elonzo- One my old one's my first ones...

Someone has buried cash in UFC coffee can in the garden somewhere in Hiroshima with a badge.