In a series of wide-area robberies, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department re-arrested four leaders of a special fraud group who have been charged in other cases on suspicion of robbery and injury in a case in which approximately 3500 million yen in cash was stolen from a residence in Inagi City, Tokyo, last year. This means that the supervisor has been charged in all eight of the main investigations.
The four people who were re-arrested were the leaders of the special fraud group, suspect Mahito Imamura (39), suspect Yuki Watanabe (39), suspect Seiya Fujita (39), suspect Tomonobu Kojima (45).
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, the four are suspected of robbery and injury for conspiring with the perpetrators to break into a residence in Inagi City, Tokyo, in October 4 under the guise of a courier company, tie up residents with adhesive tape, and rob them of approximately 4 million yen in cash and other items.
As a result of analyzing the suspect's mobile phone, he sent a message in advance to the perpetrator, saying that he would call himself "Kim" or "Luffy" from the immigration facility in the Philippines, and that he would send a message in advance to the executive officer such as "tie everyone up and let them open the safe," and that he would give instructions while keeping the phone connected when breaking in.
In addition, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department re-arrested Watanabe and Fujita for allegedly issuing instructions in the case of Oami Shirato City, Chiba Prefecture, where the supervisor had already been arrested, and Kojima for his involvement in the incidents in Nakano Ward, Tokyo and Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
This means that the supervisor has been prosecuted in all eight cases that were the main targets of the investigation because they were "highly relevant", such as having a common executor.