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J-pop producer Komuro charged, released on bail

(via www.topix.com) 1 hour ago

A top-selling music producer, Komuro has been charged with fraud, then bailed out in a scandal highlighting a downfall of a star whose songs once dominated Japan's pop music scene.

Tags: japan, music, star, scandal, fraud


Music producer Tetsuya Komuro released on Y30 mil bail

(via www.nt2099.com) 17 hours ago

Music producer Tetsuya Komuro released on Y30 mil bail

Prosecutors charged once high-flying pop music producer Tetsuya Komuro with fraud on Friday for concluding a contract to sell music copyrights that did not belong to him and swindling an investor out of 500 million yen....

Tags: music, court, osaka, fraud


Tetsuya Komuro arrested on fraud charges

(via varietyasiaonline.com) 13 days ago

Japanese composer accused of embezzling $10 million.

Tags: japanese, arrested, fraud


Tetsuya Komuro on the way to court

(via www.japundit.com) 13 days ago

PTetsuya Komuro, a top producer of Japanese pop music, front, sits inside a car as he heads to Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office in Osaka, western Japan Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008.

Tags: japan, japanese, music, 2008, court, arrested, car, osaka, fraud


Japanese Music Producer Arrested For False Copyrighted Songs

(via www.tokyograph.com) 17 days ago

Japanese Music Producer Arrested For False Copyrighted Songs

Producer/musician Tetsuya Komuro was arrested on charges of fraud that Komuro approached a private investor, offering to sell the copyrights of 806 songs he produced for the sum of 1 billion yen.

Tags: copyright, sale, fraud


Japan's music producer Tetsuya Komuro arrested for fraud

(via www.nt2099.com) 17 days ago

Super producer Tetsuya Komuro has been arrested for fraud. The music producer who has produced mega-hits for Namie Amuro, globe, TRF, hitomi and many others has been suspected of defrauding a man of 500 million yen.

Tags: japan, music, man, arrested, fraud


Music producer Komuro arrested on suspicion of fraud

(via www.nt2099.com) 17 days ago

MainiProsecutors have arrested music producer Tetsuya Komuro on suspicion of defrauding an investor out of 500 million yen by saying he would transfer copyrights he did not own, law enforcers said.

Tags: people, music, deal, arrested, law, osaka, fraud


Japanese Scams

(via www.dannychoo.com) 22 days ago

Japanese Scams

A bank tried to convince a woman of 66 that she was going to be the subject of a scam but she didn't listen and sent 1,400,000 yen (14,651 USD) to a person who pretended to be her son.

Tags: japanese, tokyo, woman, money, fraud