Bunshun Online reports that the father of a 22-year-old Keio University student arrested on suspicion of credit card theft is the CEO of a major credit card company. The student had reportedly already landed a job offer from a megabank.
On the forum, posters traded takes on what could drive someone from such a privileged background to theft, and on how the arrest might affect her future and her family’s.
[Arrested for Credit Card Theft] Father of Glamorous, New York-Born Keio Student (22) Was “CEO” of a Major Credit Card Company’s Overseas Arm
Source: bunshun.jp / Original article here
Why would she need to steal someone else's money just to go shopping?
She could've just used her parents' money.
She could've just used her parents' money.
>>2
Stealing someone else's money was probably the whole point — it's not like she was actually short on cash.
Stealing someone else's money was probably the whole point — it's not like she was actually short on cash.
Won't this affect her parents at all?
>>6
Probably not —
punishing them because their grown daughter got arrested?
Probably not —
punishing them because their grown daughter got arrested?
>>6
He might end up having to resign from the company though.
He might end up having to resign from the company though.
She had a fountain of money gushing right in front of her, and she still threw it all away to steal from someone else…
>>14
Probably kleptomania.
It's an illness, sure, but from the victim's side it's just an absolute nightmare.
Probably kleptomania.
It's an illness, sure, but from the victim's side it's just an absolute nightmare.
For rich people like this, just having a family member's name come out as a criminal is already a loss in the social hierarchy.
It's a different tier of world from ours, so we wouldn't really get it.
It's a different tier of world from ours, so we wouldn't really get it.
>>23
At any social level, if a relative becomes a nationally-reported criminal, you get shunned by the community.
At any social level, if a relative becomes a nationally-reported criminal, you get shunned by the community.
Kleptomania really is a kind of sickness, huh.
>>25
I bet she's had a habit of stealing since way back.
That kind of thing can get hushed up through middle school,
so they probably kept snuffing out any chance for her to actually straighten out.
I bet she's had a habit of stealing since way back.
That kind of thing can get hushed up through middle school,
so they probably kept snuffing out any chance for her to actually straighten out.
Well, elites like her will probably just get a suspended sentence or no indictment anyway.
And since she's a woman, marriage wipes the slate clean.
Infuriating.
And since she's a woman, marriage wipes the slate clean.
Infuriating.
>>29
I can already picture her future: stealing stuff from all the other moms and becoming the neighborhood pariah.
I can already picture her future: stealing stuff from all the other moms and becoming the neighborhood pariah.
Does the person whose card got stolen get compensation?
Come steal my card too 😤
Come steal my card too 😤
>>38
Bro, your card's already maxed out.
Bro, your card's already maxed out.
In the shoplifting thread someone wrote that it's similar to the thrill of stealing in Shiren the Wanderer (a roguelike video game) — cracked me up.
>>44
Never shoplifted myself, but in Shiren I'd steal everything I possibly could.
Never shoplifted myself, but in Shiren I'd steal everything I possibly could.
If someone like this got hired at a megabank, she'd pull off something outrageous.
>>59
Can totally picture her raiding the safe deposit boxes.
Can totally picture her raiding the safe deposit boxes.
In Japan the "elites walk free" principle applies, so she'll probably be fine.
>>64
She'll settle with the victims and avoid a criminal record, but her spot at Keio SFC and that job offer… those are probably done for.
She'll settle with the victims and avoid a criminal record, but her spot at Keio SFC and that job offer… those are probably done for.
Wild that just ¥1 million was enough to get her face and name plastered nationwide.
I guess theft really is treated that seriously.
I guess theft really is treated that seriously.
>>75
Probably because of how nasty her methods were.
Probably because of how nasty her methods were.
>>75
Japan has historically had a strong sense of property rights.
In the law, ownership rights are protected extremely thoroughly, while claims/obligations are relatively weakly protected.
Having run a feudal system for so long, the need for rules governing control of property — especially land — was apparently especially high.
Japan has historically had a strong sense of property rights.
In the law, ownership rights are protected extremely thoroughly, while claims/obligations are relatively weakly protected.
Having run a feudal system for so long, the need for rules governing control of property — especially land — was apparently especially high.
So then even as a criminal, she can just live it up?
>>89
It's the double combo of an elite family plus being a woman.
The sad truth is Japan just can't bring people like this down.
It's the double combo of an elite family plus being a woman.
The sad truth is Japan just can't bring people like this down.
>>95
The kind of well-off guy she could've married if she hadn't been arrested is exactly the type who'd care that his partner has a criminal record, don't you think?
The kind of well-off guy she could've married if she hadn't been arrested is exactly the type who'd care that his partner has a criminal record, don't you think?
>>97
It'd be his parents and relatives who'd care about that, more like.
It'd be his parents and relatives who'd care about that, more like.
She's clearly not hurting for money, so it must be that kind of sickness.
>>100
She was even working a part-time job, so it doesn't sound like her parents were just handing her cash left and right.
She was even working a part-time job, so it doesn't sound like her parents were just handing her cash left and right.
Her parents are rich — so she wasn't getting an allowance?
>>112
Sounds like her father is CEO of the European division, so she was probably living with her mother.
Moms in households like this are surprisingly often the frugal type,
even if the dad would spoil her.
Sounds like her father is CEO of the European division, so she was probably living with her mother.
Moms in households like this are surprisingly often the frugal type,
even if the dad would spoil her.
Rich parents who make it a policy not to give their kids an allowance should really rethink that.
>>115
Some people think making kids endure hardship builds character, but even in elementary and middle school that can lead to being excluded by friends or turning to shoplifting — so you should give them a reasonable amount.
Some people think making kids endure hardship builds character, but even in elementary and middle school that can lead to being excluded by friends or turning to shoplifting — so you should give them a reasonable amount.
>>115
This idiot had a part-time job AND stole credit cards, so she's probably just got an antisocial personality to begin with.
Even on a small allowance, normal people just get a job and have fun with that money.
This idiot had a part-time job AND stole credit cards, so she's probably just got an antisocial personality to begin with.
Even on a small allowance, normal people just get a job and have fun with that money.
Did her parents pay for that expensive ski club then?
>>130
She was working herself, so she should've had money of her own.
That's exactly why people are saying it's an illness.
She was working herself, so she should've had money of her own.
That's exactly why people are saying it's an illness.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyou G board) thread “Keio Credit Card Thief’s Life Is Over — “Father Is CEO of a Credit Card Company, Estimated Annual Income ¥200 Million. She Herself Had a Megabank Job Offer”.”
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