Japanese "Sugar Baby" Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison

   Nagoya, April 22 (Jiji Press)--Nagoya District Court on Monday sentenced a Japanese "sugar baby" who called herself "itadaki joshi" to nine years in prison and a fine of 8 million yen for defrauding men out of money and selling a manual on sugar babying.
   Prosecutors had demanded a prison term of 13 years and a fine of 12 million yen for the accused, Mai Watanabe, 25.
   Watanabe is believed to have used most of the money she fraudulently earned to make payments at male host bars in Tokyo's Kabukicho nightlife district. During her trial, she said she believed that it was justice to defraud men out of money for host workers.
   According to the indictment, Watanabe allegedly defrauded three men in their 50s whom she met via dating apps out of about 155.8 million yen between 2021 and 2023.
   She was also charged with selling a manual she called a "textbook for itadaki joshi" to a 21-year-old woman in 2022, helping her to fraudulently earn some 10 million yen. The woman has already been convicted of fraud.

(2024/04/22-17:10)

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