GIFU -- About 20 foreigners, mostly Nigerians, have been involved in a forged credit card caper that netted them over 100 million yen worth of consumer electronics they sold to a Tokyo buyer, police said.

Of six Nigerian men arrested in connection with the case -- a joint operation between the Aichi and Gifu prefectural police forces -- one was allegedly found to have fake credit cards and a skimmer capable of reading electronic data.

Crime fighters fear the operation was a large-scale organized scheme and continue to probe the group's alleged methods.

Among the six men charged, the Gifu Prefectural Police apprehended a trio of car parts exporters: Francis James Adam, 39, of Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, and Nagoya residents Odey Abe, 35, and Nwosu Ephraim Amaechi, 44.

All three men are currently being tried on a charge of fraud.

Charge sheets for the men said that on Jan. 9 they used fake credit cards to buy car parts in Gifu and electronics in Hashima, Gifu Prefecture, to obtain products such as car navigation equipment and video game consoles to the value of 570,000 yen.

Police said the gang operated mainly in Aichi and Gifu prefectures with all the goods they bought sold on to the same Tokyo buyer, netting them several million yen in profit.

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