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CASE 130  |  Undisclosed  |  June, 2022  |  Japan
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DATABASE RECORD
  id                  130
  date                June, 2022
  original_date       June, 2022
  year                2022
  month               6
  quarter             2022-Q2
  victim              Undisclosed
  location            Osaka, Japan
  country             Japan
  scenario            Kidnapping
  description         Son of Mitsubishi Electric CEO + 7 men kidnap, torture gym member for crypto assets.
  kidnappings         1
  violence_torture    1
  drugs_alcohol       0
  weapons             0
  theft               1
  life_taken          0
  money_wanted        $0.75 million 
  coin_type           Crypto
  reports             CryptoNews
  notes               Kidnapped after hearing from gym banter that he had lots of crypto. Held for 20 days in guest house and repeatedly assaulted
  has_processed_date  0
  created_at          2025-11-13 05:44:45

AI SUMMARY  [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
  **Victim:** Undisclosed
  
  **Attackers:** Unknown number of perpetrators
  
  **Attack Method:** Kidnapping for ransom
  
  **Violence Used:** Torture
  
  **Crypto Stolen:** $0.75 million  in Crypto
  
  **Status:** Investigation ongoing

LINKED SOURCES
  [url]  https://cryptonews.com/news/ex-mitsubishi-electric-ceos-son-charged-with-violent-crypto-theft/

NOTES ON THIS FILE
  * matched to sheet row 131: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides

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ARTICLE 1
  Source   CryptoNews
  URL      https://cryptonews.com/news/ex-mitsubishi-electric-ceos-son-charged-with-violent-crypto-theft/
  Origin   reported_K&R sheet, row 131, column "Articles"
  Length   1,727 chars
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Ex-Mitsubishi Electric CEO’s Son Charged with Violent Crypto Theft

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An image showing a man in handcuffs.
Source: Naka/Adobe
The son of the former CEO of Mitsubishi Electric has been arrested in a violent crypto robbery and kidnapping case in Japan – which saw a crypto holder allegedly confined and beaten over a period of 20 days.

Per Weekly Bunshun, Kyoto Prefectural Police arrested eight men on suspicion of kidnapping, assaulting, and confining an individual. Police said this was part of an attempt to steal some $0.75 million worth of tokens. Officers stated that Sugiyama Leo (30) was the group’s ringleader.

Sugiyama Leo was described as a “company executive” and gym operator living in Osaka. And his father, the news outlet noted, is Takeshi Sugiyama, who served as Mitsubishi Electric’s CEO from 2018 to 2021.

The media outlet reported that in June of last year, Sugiyama Leo learned that a member of a gym he managed in Osaka was in possession of considerable cryptoasset holdings.

Police said that Sugiyama Leo and his associates confined this individual to a room in a guest house. Here, the victim was allegedly “tied up with adhesive tape and repeatedly assaulted.”

Officers stated that the victim was repeatedly “kicked in the head.” The assailants also reportedly “threatened to kill the victim’s family” if the victim “ran away or lied to them.” Eventually, the assailants managed to coerce the victim into handing over their crypto wallet’s private keys, officers said.



Police said that the gang then proceeded to steal the crypto – but that the victim finally managed to escape. Once free, the victim then sought help from a “passer-by” near the guest house.

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