“Employees are negative.” Lies attract customers. Re-arrested sex shop owners Osaka June 24, 18:08

The owners of a sex shop in Hirakata, Osaka, who were arrested for illegally operating the business, advertised on the website of the shop, saying, "A negative result for employees was confirmed by a new coronavirus test" Was arrested again for collecting.

Two people were arrested again: Yasufumi Kumai (63), the owner of the “Prince of the Stars” shop, a shop in Hirakata, and Junji Hamada (45), an employee.

Police arrested Suspect Kumai and others on Monday for illicit operations in areas where business was prohibited.

In addition, last month it was said that the shop homepage was attracting customers by advertising such as "Negative of all employees was confirmed" even though it was not actually tested for new coronavirus. On the day, two people were arrested again, including Suspect Hamada, who was in charge of the website, on suspicion of violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Law.

The store was temporarily closed in April when the infection was spreading, but according to police, it resumed business in the middle of last month when the prefecture's request for leave was continuing, and at that time, it was posting a lie advertisement. That is.

According to the survey so far, more than 500 people visited the store within half a month after reopening, and some customers said that they were relieved to see the advertisement.

In response to the investigation, they all admitted suspicion and made statements that "I lived, so I did it to attract customers".