The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 43, October 26, 2003, Article 10

WEDDINGS AS SOURCE OF INCOME

  The September 28, 2003 E-Sylum (v6n39) described how
  counterfeiters in Taipei shove fake bills at weddings. The
  following is an amusing non-numismatic item about money
  and a wedding, this time in Japan:

  "A Japanese "prince and princess" looked unlikely to live
  happily ever after Tuesday when they were arrested on
  suspicion of defrauding 13 million yen ($117,900) from
  guests at a fake royal wedding in Tokyo.

  Yasuyuki Kitano and Harumi Sakamoto, both in their 40s,
  issued 2,000 invitations to "Prince Arisugawa's celebration
  banquet" in April, attracting 400 people including celebrities,
  domestic media said."

  "The couple deny having pretended Kitano was a member
  of the now-defunct Arisugawa branch of the Imperial family."

  "Guests at Japanese weddings are expected to bring cash gifts.
  In this case they are also said to have been charged 10,000
  yen a time for taking pictures with the happy couple."

  For the complete story see:
  http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=3655820

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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