On either July 6 or 7 of this year, 21-year-old Koichi Akashi spent time at a Kobe City video game arcade. Akashi, whoās unemployed, was apparently waiting for someone.
When the man he was waiting for, a 19-year-old college student, showed up at the arcade, Akashi told him, āIāve spent Ā„200,000 waiting for you. One way or another, you better do something about that Ā„200,000.ā
In U.S. dollars Ā„200,000 is roughly $2,600. Since Japanese arcade games cost around Ā„100 ($1.30) per play, spending that sort of money while waiting is unheard of.
The 19-year-old was apparently forced to sign up for a credit card and sell off his game console and home electronics to raise the cash. In total, Akashi supposedly extorted Ā„207,000āmeaning he turned a profit.
According to a report, when the student first met Akashi in late June, oddly, he forced the student to take Ā„100 from him.
When asked about the charges, Akashi told authorities, āI donāt know that anything about that college student.ā Does he know anything about forcing him to fork over Ā„200,000?
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