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The Strangest Bank Heist in Japan | Teigin Incident

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The Mystery of Hireh Sahwa

Hireh Sahwa confessed to the murders and was sentenced to death in 1950. A conflation of events leads him to be arrested on August 21, 1948. At his trial, he repeatedly attempted to recant his confession. The one source that says the check was for 17,405 yen is about $125 today.

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