Man arrested for suspicion of fraud Was it aimed at elderly people living at home with new corona 12:40 on May 5

A 23-year-old office worker was arrested last month for cheating 13 million yen in cash from an elderly person in his home in Tokyo last month while being called on to refrain from going out under the influence of the new coronavirus. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating it as a fraud case aimed at the elderly living at home.

Mr. Tomoki Muramatsu, a company employee in Fuefuki City, Yamanashi Prefecture, was arrested (23).

According to the Metropolitan Police Department, on the 3rd of last month, he visited the home of a woman in his 90s in Fuchu City, Tokyo, pretending to be a police officer, and lied, saying, "There may be counterfeit bills in the cash you have." Say, fraudulent fraud is alleged to have deceived 13 million yen in cash.

According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the woman told the police officer's lie staff number by phone in advance, and she believed because she had the staff ID number that Ms. Muramatsu visited had. Is that.

He is admitting the charges against the investigation.

The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating it as a fraud case aimed at elderly people who stay at home refraining from going out under the influence of the new coronavirus.