Japanese pop mogul arrested for fraud

A Japanese music mogul has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of fraud.

Tetsuya Komuro is alleged to have scammed ¥500m (£3m) from an investor by selling the rights to music he did not own, reports The Guardian.

It is claimed that the 49-year-old accepted the down payment despite knowing that the copyright to the 806 tracks was not his to sell.

Police stormed his Tokyo flat yesterday as Komuro was filmed leaving a hotel in tears.

Komuro generated more than 170 million CD sales in the 1990s and is widely regarded as "the King of J-Pop", having worked with dance artists such as Namie Amuro, Hitomi and Ryoko Shinohara.

Komuro is thought to have got into debt following failed overseas investments and an expensive divorce.