7 arrested for fraud over bracelets touted as improving blood fl

7 arrested for fraud over bracelets touted as improving blood fl

CHIBA, Japan - Three types of metal bracelet which a Tokyo health appliances company allegedly sold by claiming they help blood flow have no health benefits, police say. Chiba police on Nov. 6 arrested Minoru Kajimoto, the company's president, and six former employees on suspicion of swindling 18 people out of 6.8 million yen by selling them the bracelets. The police believe the company took in some 2.45 billion yen by selling the bracelets to roughly 8,200 people in 40 prefectures from January 2004 to April this year. The bracelets in the photo were shown to the media at the Kamagaya police station in Chiba Prefecture on Nov. 6. (Kyodo)

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