A man believed to be the ringleader of a plot that saw 1.8 billion yen ($16.6 million) stolen from cash machines across Japan in 2016 entered North Korea immediately after the incident, investigative sources said Saturday.The thefts, which occurred over approximately two hours on May 15, 2016, targeted around 1,700 automated teller machines at 1,600 convenience stores and other locations in 17 prefectures including Tokyo, police have said. The fake credit cards used in the case contained stolen data from South Africa's Standard Bank.During a separate drug trafficking investigation, authorit…READ FULL ARTICLE
