日本千叶县警方逮捕中国籍男子张立志：涉嫌指挥浴场盗窃团伙、偷换信用卡芯片盗刷近百起
日本千叶县警方11月11日逮捕了中国籍无业男子张立志（46岁），指控他涉嫌在今年9月与同伙共谋，以盗窃金品为目的侵入千叶县内一家超级钱汤（大型公共浴场）。警方认为，张立志是这一盗窃团伙的「指示役」（指挥者）。
警方说，今年10月已有一名18岁的中国籍男子因用合键打开更衣室储物柜、企图盗窃金品被捕，警方从他身上查获储物柜合键170把，并从他的手机里发现据信是张立志通过社交应用发出的指示信息，包括询问「有没有现金」等内容。张立志在调查中否认指控，称「我不知道」。
据警方通报，今年6月至9月，东京、千叶、埼玉、神奈川一都三县的温浴设施接连发生近100起类似案件：作案者在客人入浴时用合键打开储物柜，取走其中的信用卡，只把卡上的IC芯片撕下、换上假芯片再放回，客人往往当场察觉不到。被盗走的真芯片随后在香港、美国与欧洲被用于购买电子产品等消费，确认的损失达数百万日元，多起在作案次日即在香港被使用。
警方认为，一个在国际上活动的中国人盗窃团伙参与了这一系列案件，背后可能有专门运送芯片的「运送者」与境外据点，正在追查团伙的组织结构。张立志尚未被起诉，案件仍在调查中。
（来源：日本千叶县警方）
Chiba Police Arrest Chinese National Zhang Lizhi, Alleged Ringleader of a Bathhouse Theft Ring That Swapped Credit-Card Chips in Nearly 100 Cases
Police in Japan's Chiba Prefecture arrested Zhang Lizhi, a 46-year-old unemployed Chinese national, on November 11, accusing him of conspiring with accomplices in September to break into a "super sento" (large public bathhouse) in the prefecture in order to steal valuables. Police believe Zhang was the ring's handler, directing the others.
An 18-year-old Chinese national was arrested in October for allegedly opening changing-room lockers with duplicate keys to steal valuables; police seized 170 duplicate locker keys from him and found messages on his phone believed to be instructions from Zhang sent through a social app, including asking whether there was any cash. Zhang has denied the allegations, telling investigators, "I don't know anything about it."
According to police, nearly 100 similar cases occurred between June and September at bathing facilities across Tokyo and the neighbouring prefectures of Chiba, Saitama and Kanagawa: while guests were in the baths, the thieves opened their lockers with duplicate keys, took their credit cards, peeled off the IC chips, replaced them with fakes and put the cards back, so victims often noticed nothing at the time. The stolen genuine chips were then used in Hong Kong, the United States and Europe, including for electronics purchases, with confirmed losses running to several million yen; in many cases the chips were used in Hong Kong the very next day.
Police believe an internationally active Chinese theft group is behind the series of cases, possibly with couriers moving the chips and bases abroad, and are investigating the group's structure. Zhang has not been charged, and the investigation is continuing.
(Source: Chiba Prefectural Police)
来源：日本千叶县警方
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图片来源：图：日本福岛县饭坂町的公共浴场鲭湖汤外景（资料图）。照片为公共领域作品，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Exterior of the Sabakoyu public bathhouse in Iizaka, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan (file photo). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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