A YouTuber may very well be investigated by Japanese police after begging for money and hitching free practice rides in a video on-line.
Fidias Panayiotou posted a video titled I Travelled Throughout Japan For Free on 20 October, which featured him and three others competing in a race throughout the nation for $10,000 (£8,216).
The YouTuber, who has 2.4 million subscribers, filmed himself using on Japan’s public transportation system – and claimed he did so with out paying.
Within the since-removed video, Panayiotou stated he’d been detained at a police station after he instructed officers he did not find the money for to pay for his bus fare.
A stranger earlier gave him 600 yen (£3.30), however he was nonetheless wanting the total fare.
In accordance with Japanese legal guidelines, begging is just not allowed within the nation and will represent a prison offence.
He later within the video was caught by a practice conductor for travelling with no ticket. He feigned sickness earlier than working away and boarding one other practice, the place he hid in a rest room to dodge workers.
A spokesperson from regional practice operator Kyushu Railway Firm stated that they are going to evaluate Panayiotou’s video earlier than they determine to lodge a police report.
“We’re conscious of the case and investigating information round it,” they stated.
‘I apologise to the Japanese individuals’
Panayiotou additionally filmed himself getting what he stated was a free breakfast at a resort he wasn’t staying at.
“I went as much as the rooms to test the quantity in order that I may use it as a passcode for the breakfast,” he stated.
“And it labored. I simply have entry to a five-star Japanese buffet … And we’re leaving the resort with out getting caught and with none drawback.”
YouTube eliminated Panayiotou’s video, saying it violated the platform’s group pointers.
He has since apologised, saying: “Whats up lovely individuals, I apologise to the Japanese individuals if we made them really feel dangerous, that was not our objective!”