The Luffy robberies were linked to the arrest of 36 Japanese nationals in a hotel in Makati, Philippines, for running a telecom fraud and extortion scheme.

"[5] Yuki Watanabe was detained at the Bureau of Immigration Bicutan Detention Center on April 19, 2021, where he has remained indefinitely and has been subject to a summary deportation order since May 28, 2021.

[8] On May 26, 2024, Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco announced that Rendel Ryan Sy of the Fugitive Search Unit had arrested Nagaura Hiroki, 26, at Estrella Avenue, Poblacion, Makati.

Hiroki, who is charged with telecommunications fraud and has a standing arrest warrant for theft under the Penal Code of Japan issued by the Tokyo Summary Court, underwent deportation proceedings and was incarcerated in Camp Bagong Diwa.

[5] The Department of Justice has coordinated with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the Bureau of Immigration to investigate the previously pending cases against the four Japanese nationals.