Meta sued in Japan over celebrity investment scams

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The victims are demanding that Facebook Japan pay 23 million yen (S$201,000) in damages.

TOKYO - Four scam victims in Japan sued Facebook on April 25 after being hoodwinked by fraudulent online investment ads that used images of celebrities without their consent, their lawyer said.

The four filed the case with Kobe District Court demanding Facebook Japan, owned by US group Meta, pay 23 million yen in damages, according to their lawyer. Mr Maezawa, the founder of Japan’s largest online clothing retailer, became famous internationally after paying to go to the Moon on a future mission operated by billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

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