2 arrested over alleged smartphone remote-control fraud via malicious app

Two Chinese men have been arrested on suspicion of remotely controlling a man's smartphone via a malicious app and using a payment service to fraudulently obtain trading cards, Japanese police said.A series of similar incidents have been reported across Japan since August, and the arrest marks the first of its kind nationwide, according to the police.The joint investigation team involving the Fukuoka, Hokkaido, and Hyogo prefectural police forces arrested the two men -- an unemployed 31-year-old from Osaka and a 33-year-old, who claims to be an electric vehicle repairman and whose address i…READ FULL ARTICLE