MITO, Japan - A Chinese national was arrested Tuesday for allegedly scamming a 71-year-old woman in eastern Japan out of 809 million yen ($5.3 million), in what marks the largest reported loss in a social media-based investment scam in Japan, police said Tuesday.
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