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Man for Arrested ing Yo-kai Watch via Perfect Dark
posted on by Egan Loo
Fukuoka Prefectural Police's cyber crime task force and the prefecture's Chikushino Station arrested 48-year-old office worker Kōichi Tachibana from Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture on Tuesday. He is suspected of using the file-sharing software Perfect Dark to distribute the Yo-kai Watch anime, a "mountain-themed movie," and other videos online on August 2 and August 9.
According to the police, the suspect itted to using file-sharing software at least since 2011. Police confiscated his personal computer and hard disk in October.
Dozens of people have almost routinely been arrested for Xbox Live Arcade game of the same name.)
In 2010, arrested last year, and one more this year. Tachibana's case is the first one of its kind from the Fukuoka Prefectural Police.
Sources: Yomiuri, Nishinippon Shimbun via Hachima Kikō
