Japanese authorities have arrested a 46-year-old man in Kyoto Prefecture for allegedly using stolen credit card information to make unauthorized payments totaling approximately 46 million yen on live streaming platforms between May and November 2024. The man reportedly sent virtual gifts, known as "throwing money," repeatedly to live streamers using other people's credit cards. Separately, Tokyo police have detained three individuals on suspicion of fraud related to laundering money from a wide-area robbery group led by a figure known as "Luffy." These suspects are believed to have laundered proceeds from fraud by transferring hundreds of millions of yen to multiple overseas cryptocurrency accounts. Investigations suggest that over a three-month period, they converted about 1.1 billion yen in criminal proceeds, including funds linked to the "Luffy" group's robbery activities. The suspects allegedly defrauded victims of approximately 1.2 million yen through fake billing scams and used the illicit funds for money laundering via cryptocurrencies. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police are continuing to investigate the scope of these operations and the involvement of multiple criminal organizations.