Woman Lies About Having Ties to Disney, Ends up in Custody for Scamming

A woman is in custody after lying about her connection to a partner of The Walt Disney Company.

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A 45-year-old woman has been arrested for lying about her status and scamming a young woman out of thousands of dollars, Nippon Television Network reports. The woman lied about her employment, pretending to be an Oriental Land Company employee.

The woman promised the younger woman an employee discount using her disguise.

Oriental Land Company is a Japanese tourism subsidiary of Keisei Electric Railway Company, which owns and operates the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan. OLC operates three unique segments: the Tokyo Disney theme parks, the resort hotels, and other businesses.

OLC pays licenses and royalties to The Walt Disney Company for the use of its intellectual properties, with Disney providing consultation and their Imagineering division to help expand the Japanese theme parks. OLC is the only Disney resort location that has no capital relationship with The Walt Disney Company.

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According to a new report, 45-year-old Aiko Nakamura lied to the younger woman, promising to give her thousands in cash by using a fake employee discount. Nakamura is accused of impersonating an OLC employee between 2022 and 2023.

During this time, the young woman, who is reported to be in her twenties, transferred around 560,000 yen, or roughly $3,950 USD, to Nakamura.

Nakamura is also suspected of scamming through the popular mobile messenger application LINE. Authorities claim she arranged discount accommodation packages with tickets on the platform.

Nakamura partially denies these allegations, with police continuing to investigate the rather unusual situation.

At this time, Nakamura denies these allegations. The police continue to investigate related cases of similar fraud.

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In other news, the Tokyo Disney Resort is currently undergoing a massive transformation, with several areas set to be completely rebuilt in the coming months and years. Tokyo Disney’s version of Space Mountain permanently closed this summer as part of a massive reimagining for the resort’s Tomorrowland.

In October, the resort will also permanently close Buzz Lightyear’s Astro Blasters, its version of the popular Toy Story-themed arcade shooting experience found at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World.

The Tokyo Disney Resort also recently retired one of its many Monorail train cars, putting an end to the Type X train after 20+ years.

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