A man called a telecom company 24,000 times to complain. Now he's been arrested

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A 71-year-old man who allegedly made 24,000 toll-free calls to a telecoms provider to complain that the company had violated his contract has been arrested by police in Japan

The man, identified as Akitoshi Okamoto, was taken into police custody on November 26 on suspicion of"fraudulent obstruction of business," a Tokyo Metropolitan Police spokesman told CNN.Police said the man repeatedly called KDDI, a Japanese telecommunications operator, and demanded its staff come to him and apologize for breaking the terms of his service contract."He also repeatedly hung up the calls as soon as someone picked up," the spokesman added.

It eventually decided to file a damage report to the police in October this year, as the man increased his frequency of calling its customer service hotline, which it said"seriously interfered with its business."Read MoreOkamoto has denied the charges and told police he was the victim, CNN affiliate TV Asahi reported.The Japanese broadcaster said the man believed that KDDI violated his contract because he could not phone into a radio show using a number that the station had provided.

 

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That's the way

Shouldn't it be the other way around. Police should arrest the telecoms provider for violating the contract.

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such an insistent oldy :)

There is joke in there somewhere...

My god

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Free my mans

That’s insane

So impeachment hearings failed... now this is the news?

Incredible

Why? Is it illegal to call your provider now?

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Why was his telecoms provider not able to block his calls? FreeTheJapaneseGuyWhoCalled24000Times JusticeForTheJapaneseGuyWhoCalled24000Times

Now he’s going to be calling his lawyer “Get me out, get me out”

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Man arrested for calling phone company 24,000 times to complain about itAkitoshi Okamoto, 71, could face charges of obstruction of business for calling KDDI's customer service line thousands of times because his phone could not pick up radio broadcasts. Maybe he has dementia and honestly doesn't remember he's called repeatedly.
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