Former athlete suspected of fraud in a boat race Re-arrested for similar fraud charges

In a case where a former motorboat player was arrested by the Nagoya District Public Prosecutors' Investigation Division for illegally manipulating the ranking in a race that he participated in at the time of active duty and receiving a reward from the relative hit by a boat ticket, the former players Eighteen races at several motorboat racetracks were re-arrested on August 28 for alleging similar fraud.

Two people were re-arrested, a former boat racer Maki Nishikawa (29) who was a member of the Mie Branch of the Japan Motorboat Athlete Association, and a relative of Tsu City, Mr. Jun Masukawa (53). People.

According to the Nagoya District Public Prosecutors' Investigation Division, Nishikawa deliberately ranked in 18 races at 10 motorboat racetracks nationwide, including Fukui and Aichi Prefectures, from January to September last year when he was an active boat racer. In return for delaying the delay, there has been a suspicion of bribery under the Motorboat Racing Act for receiving a total of 34.25 million yen from Mr. Masukawa who received the boat ticket.

The two were arrested this month for committing similar fraud in two races in Otsu last July.

Mr. Masukawa applied the first to third place according to the order and purchased a “triple-win single” boat ticket, which is likely to pay a high dividend, and among the alleged re-arrest, Fukui Prefecture The odds of the race last March were 396 times.

Nishikawa had been interacting with Masukawa on a smartphone that was banned from being brought to the racetrack, and the Special Investigation Division plans to elucidate the entirety of the fraud at the racetracks nationwide.

The Special Investigation Department has not disclosed the approval or disapproval of the two.

Japan Motorboat Race "Working to Prevent Recurrence"

The Japan Motorboat Racing Association commented, "We will continue to cooperate fully with the investigation so that the entire case can be clarified as soon as possible. We will do our best to prevent recurrence."