'Ho-no-Hana' religious group raided for alleged fraud

'Ho-no-Hana' religious group raided for alleged fraud

FUJI, Japan - Police raided offices and gathering spots linked to the ''Ho-no-Hana Sampogyo'' religious group on Dec. 1 on suspicion of tricking thousands of people into paying large sums of money to cure what it falsely claimed were serious illnesses. Photo shows a raid at the group's head office in the city of Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, in central Japan.

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