Crime Sugar Baby Riri sentenced to 9 years in jail

thomas · 23 Apr 2024

Watanabe Mai, 25, aka "Sugar Baby Riri" (頂き女子りりちゃん), was sentenced to nine years in prison and an 8 million JPY (USD 51,000) fine for swindling three men out of 155 million JPY (over USD 1 million) on a dating app.

Prosecutors had sought a 13-year sentence and a fine of 12 million JPY. "The crime is a very insidious one utilizing sweet-talking to make the victims from a dating app fall in love," Presiding Judge Yoichi Omura said, adding the manual "encouraged similar crimes." According to the indictment, between March 2021 and August 2023, Watanabe duped a man in his 50s with a story that she needed money to pay off a debt, swindling approximately 117 million JPY from him. She told two other men a similar story, bilking them out of a total of about 38 million JPY between April and August 2023. The court also convicted her of selling her manual to a woman and evading income tax by hiding around 40 million JPY derived from the scams.

Japanese 'sugar baby' gets 9 yrs for scamming men out of 155 mil. yen - The Mainichi

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- A 25-year-old Japanese woman was given a nine-year prison sentence on Monday for defrauding three men out of a total of 155 million

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"Riri-chan" Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison

The Nagoya District Court delivered a severe sentence on Monday to Mai Watanabe, 25, who operated under the alias "Itadakijoshi Riri-chan (Riri the sugar baby)" and was charged with fraudulently obtaining cash from men. She has been sentenced to nine years in prison and fined 8 million yen.

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thomas · 30 Sep 2024

Today, the Nagoya High Court sentenced Watanabe Mai to eight years and six months in prison for defrauding three men out of 155 million JPY (USD 1 million) on a dating app, a six-month reduction from the previous ruling.

The Nagoya High Court handed down the reduced sentence to Mai Watanabe, known by the moniker "Itadaki Joshi Riri-chan," literally "Sugar Baby Riri," as damages had been paid on her behalf to one of the victims. The court upheld a fine of 8 million yen. The compensation of 18 million yen was paid after a lower court ruling in April by a former host club staff member who had received money from Watanabe. The staff member is also currently on trial after being arrested last year for receiving the money Watanabe defrauded from the victims. "The damage you inflicted on the victims is not limited to money," Presiding Judge Mihoko Tanabe told Watanabe after handing down the ruling. "I would like you to think again about how to compensate the victims in the future." According to the high court ruling, Watanabe cheated three men out of a total of 155 million yen between 2021 and 2023. Watanabe was also convicted of evading income tax and selling a manual she penned to a woman on how to scam men out of money.

Japanese 'sugar baby' given reduced prison sentence - The Mainichi

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- A high court on Monday sentenced a 26-year-old Japanese woman to eight years and six months in prison for defrauding three men out o