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Cashier Arrested In Japan
For Allegedly Using
‘Photographic Memory' To
Steal Credit Card Information
of 1,300 Customers
By Jessie Yeung and Yoko Wakatsuki, CNN
(CNN)A store cashier in Tokyo been arrested on allegations of stealing the credit card information of 1,300 cus- tomers using just one tool -- his memory.
The part-time worker was arrested Thursday for stealing credit card details to buy $2,600 (270,000 Japanese yen) worth of bags from online shop- ping sites last March, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police.
A police source familiar with the investigation told CNN that the man, who worked at a shopping mall in Koto ward, had allegedly memo- rized customers' credit card infor- mation while pro-
cessing their orders -- then recalled the credit card details later to shop online. The suspect has a photographic memory and police have found a notebook with card details listed in it, said the source working on the investiga- tion.
He has been in police custody for six days, police say. Japanese investigators can hold any arrested suspect for up to 20 days before they are charged.
It is unclear if he has hired an attorney.
A crime commit- ted only with the help of a photo- graphic memory would be one of Japan's more unique cases of credit card theft -- but certainly not the biggest. In 2016, a group of thieves used about 1,600 forged cards to withdraw money from 1,400 cash machines across Japan. In just over two hours, they stole $13 million.
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