Further inquisitive searching of their briefcases revealed a number of mobile telephones, three from the briefcase of Mitsuyoshi Watanabe, with Type and Serial numbers as follows:
Model. HTC IMEI 353486015004959
Model. NOKIA 1101 IMEI 357957001779370
Model. VS&ME V800 (colour: golden) IMEI 135790246811220
(The above Information is extracted from the Investigating Police and Court records)
and five from the briefcase of Akihiko Yamaguchi, with Type and Serial numbers as follows:
Model. VS&ME V800 (colour: chromium plated) IMEI 135790246811220
Model. PANASONIC 705P IMEI 359488004120048
Model. PANASONIC 830P IMEI 353711024528965
Model. PANASONIC 705P (branded Softbank) IMEI 359488003183666
Model. BENQ S650D IMEI 35160800641433
(The above Information is extracted from the Investigating Police and Court records)
It would appear that with eight mobile telephones between them, Yamaguchi and Watanabe certainly have a lot of friends to keep in touch with, or was it possible that there was something a little more sinister surrounding this factor. There is no doubt that the information contained on these eight (8) mobile phones revealed the names of others, inside and outside of Italy, involved in this attempt of criminal activities by Yamaguchi and Watanabe.
At the request of the Public Prosecutors Office on the 4th June 2009, a technical specialist, Mr Figini Davide, with the assistance of Japanese and Chinese translators, were assigned to extract all current data of all the mobile telephones mentioned above.
Among the 538 memorized links on Mitsuyoshi Watanabe’s HTC cell phone were:
“Alessandro Santi” indicating his e-mail address as to identification numbers 87 and 88
“Dragon Family” indication its e-mail address as to identification number 126
“Elda Bramani” indicating her e-mail address as to identification number 133
“Santi Alessandro” indicating his e-mail address and an address in Grand Cayman Island as to identification number 262
“Santi Marcello” (Mr. Alessandro Santi’s son) indicating his phone number as to identification number 263
“Yamaguchi Akihiko” followed by e-mail addresses and/or phone numbers as to identification numbers 391 and 408
Among the outgoing phone calls by the cell phone mentioned above, there are some addressed to SANTI Alessandro’s cell phone number (3357077340) and more precisely:
On May 7, 2009, 22.08 hrs – duration 1 min 13 sec
On May 1, 2009, 18.14 hrs – duration 32 seconds
On May 1, 2009, 21.23 hrs – duration 26 seconds
Among the incoming SMS, memorized by the SIM card of Mitsuyoshi Watanabe’s NOKIA 1101 cell phone were:
18.02 hrs of June 1, 2009, a message sent by the cell phone number of Mr. SANTI Alessandro (3357077340) in which Mr. Santi asks Mitsuyoshi Watanabe, in English, if he did catch the train on time; had been found.
Among the incoming SMS, memorized by the SIM card of Mitsuyoshi) Watanabe‘s VS&ME V800 cell phone (colour: golden) were:
15.28hrs of February 7, 2009 a message from the Agriculture Bank Of China advising Watanabe that 500.000 Yuan (equal to approx. 50.000 Euro) have been credited to “Tong Bao” paper by the bank has been found.
Among the memorized links on Akihiko Yamaguchi’s VS& ME V800 (chromium plated) mobile telephone were:
“Wata”, “Mitsu” and “Wata hk” indicating a phone number, respectively as to identification numbers 2, 3 and 6.
“Wata tw”, “Mitsu china” and “Wata japan” indicating a phone number, respectively as to identification numbers 3, 6 and 8.
The remaining cell phones and SIM cards do not record any data. So four (4) mobile phones had been used with calls and text messages recorded, and four (4) were either new or never used, or, used and had been cleaned of all information. So why the additional four (4) mobile phones and what was the reason for this. There were no answers from the official records of the investigating police or court records.
(All the above Data / Information on this is extracted from the Investigating Police and Court records)
There were also some documents, which upon inspection by the police, revealed a list of names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses of several Italian citizens. There were also some insignificant personal effects, but, wait a minute; further examination of one of the briefcases belonging to Akihiko Yamaguchi revealed a secret compartment. Not that secret that it wasn’t noticed so it is fair to say a “False” compartment. So what did that false compartment reveal?
Eager to find out what was contained within the false compartment of the briefcase, the officers proceeded to remove the false cover exposing a selection of Financial instruments, each one with substantial face value, which together totaled a figure in excess of £1 trillion United States Dollars, excluding any interest that may have accumulated on the financial instruments since their respective issue dates.
These Financial Instruments are listed below:
Seven (7) Japanese 57 Series Bonds – series 1984 with a face value equal to 500 (2) and 100 (5) billions of Yen, marked by the following codes A1306, A1309, A1310, A1004, A1005, A1006 and A1007, plus an uncalculated amount of interest as these were interest bearing bonds.
Two Hundred and Fifty (250) US Federal Reserve Notes – series 1934 (Federal Reserve) marked by the following codes “D45183602A” through “D45183850A”, with face values of $500,000,000 US Dollars.
Ten (10) Kennedy bonds, no issue date visible but known to be during the 1980’s, marked by the following codes from AP11025691A” to “AP11025700A”, with a face value of $1 billion US Dollars.
Eight (8) gold coins, equal in weight, with Federal Reserve Notes marked by the following codes “A03832-01” and from “A03832-03” to “A03832-9”. These are the large gold coins contained in the boxes containing the instruments, along with micro film and US Green Cards. Neither of the latter items were present in the briefcase.
(All the above Data / Information on this is extracted from the Investigating Police and Court records)
Some of the actual instruments discovered by the Italian Police in the false compartment of Yamaguchi’s briefcase are shown below, displayed on a table in the Police Station.
