A YouTuber might be investigated by Japanese police after begging for money and hitching free prepare rides in a video on-line.

Fidias Panayiotou posted a video titled I Travelled Across 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 driving on Japan’s public transportation system – and claimed he did so with out paying.

In the since-removed video, Panayiotou stated he’d been detained at a police station after he instructed officers he did not manage to pay for to pay for his bus fare.

A stranger earlier gave him 600 yen (£3.30), however he was nonetheless in need of the total fare.

According to Japanese legal guidelines, begging just isn’t allowed within the nation and will represent a legal offence.

He later within the video was caught by a prepare conductor for travelling with out a ticket. He feigned sickness earlier than operating away and boarding one other prepare, the place he hid in a toilet to dodge workers.

A spokesperson from regional prepare operator Kyushu Railway Company stated that they are going to overview Panayiotou’s video earlier than they resolve to lodge a police report.

“We are aware of the case and investigating facts around it,” they stated.

‘I apologise to the Japanese folks’

Panayiotou additionally filmed himself getting what he stated was a free breakfast at a resort he wasn’t staying at.

“I went up to the rooms to check the number so that I could use it as a passcode for the breakfast,” he stated.

“And it worked. I just have access to a five-star Japanese buffet … And we’re leaving the hotel without getting caught and without any problem.”

YouTube eliminated Panayiotou’s video, saying it violated the platform’s group pointers.

He has since apologised, saying: “Hello beautiful people, I apologise to the Japanese people if we made them feel bad, that was not our goal!”