Mai Watanabe, a 25-year-old Japanese woman, was sentenced to a ... “Itadakijoshi Riri-chan,” which roughly translates to ...

A 25-year-old "sugar baby" was handed a nine-year prison sentence for defrauding men she met on dating apps out of more than $1 million, and selling a manual on how to carry out similar scams.

NAGOYA--A woman who used the name “Itadakijoshi Riri-chan” (Riri the sugar baby) on social media and sold manuals on how to scam older men was sentenced to nine years in prison for fraud.

Calling herself “Itadakijoshi Riri-chan (Riri the sugar baby),” Watanabe is alleged to have sold dozens of copies of her self-made guidebooks through social media. The manuals cost 10,000 to ...