"Apo electric robbery" 4 arrested Suspected of stealing 20 million yen at the home of an elderly couple Tokyo September 26 12:57

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In January, four people were arrested on suspicion of robbery injuries for injuring 20 million yen of cash into an elderly couple's house in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, and injuring them. There is an "Apo-den" that asks how much cash is in advance in the house, and the Metropolitan Police Department knows that there is a lot of cash and is investigating it.

Arrested were unknown in Izumi Ward, Yokohama City, suspect Sato Shota (24), suspect Watanabe Yusei (23), suspect Tatsuya Iwasaki (27), and suspect Kazuya Saegusa in Ayase City, Kanagawa Prefecture. (25)

According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, at dawn on January 11th, they entered the housing of elderly couples in the first stage of Shibuya Ward, and after taking over 20 million yen of cash, there was a suspicion of burglary injury etc. if they were injured. . Four people were arrested for analysis of security cameras nearby.

Two days before the incident, this house is called “Apo-Den” that asks for the amount of cash in the house, saying “Trouble has occurred in the transaction”, posing as a son, and the Metropolitan Police Department has a large amount of cash I am investigating as if I knew it was intrusive.

For the investigation, all four have denied the charges.

In Tokyo, there were two burglary cases that entered the house after “Apoden” in February. Among them, an 80-year-old woman in Koto Ward closed her mouth and died. The execution offenders have been arrested and prosecuted.

What is “Apo electric robbery”

“Apo electric robbery” is an act in which a fraud group uses “Apo electric” to find out how much cash is in their homes, then enters the house and steals money.

I called my phone as a son, and I said, “I have to lose my bag with company checks and cover my company money. How much money do I have at home now?” Try to find out the situation.

And the mobile phone number has changed, telling the new number, the fraud group is expected to make it easier to communicate later.

In February, after the 80-year-old woman who lived in an apartment in Koto-ku, Tokyo was hit by “Apo-den”, the police officer said, The first actual survey was conducted on Apoden.

In fact, the number of “Apo-den” that was grasped in the three months from April to June was 35,289 cases in Japan, Tokyo, Saitama, Osaka, Chiba, and Kanagawa in this order. Accounted for more than 60%.

In 2017, 7 cases of so-called “Apo-Den Robbery” were confirmed in the whole country since 2017.

One after another "Apo electric robbery"

“Apo electric robbery” was one after another.

On February 1st, a trio broke into a house in Sasazuka, Shibuya-ku, tied up an elderly couple with a band, and ran away with cash of 4 million yen.

Two days before the incident, there was an “Apo-den” that asks for the amount of cash in the house, pretending to be a son and saying, “You need money for a work mistake”.

In this case, defendant Ryuhi Komatsuen (28), Takumi Sue (22), and Kenta Terashima (33) were arrested and charged with crimes such as robbery.

A man who provided information about the victim's assets and other information was also arrested.

On February 28, Kuniko Kato (80) was found dead in a condominium in Toyo, Koto-ku, with his mouth closed and his limbs tied up, and "Apoden" was also on here. .

Defendant Komatsuen arrested in the case of Sasazuka in Shibuya Ward, defendant Sue, and local classmate Kota Sakai (23) were arrested and charged with crimes such as the death of robbery.

Both groups were different from the case of Hatsudai in Shibuya-ku.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is investigating that several scam groups had caused incidents while switching criminals and switching offenders.

Suspicious men with security camera

Near the site of Shibuya-ku Hatsudai, a suspicious trio was shown on the security camera.

This video is from around 3:30 am on January 11th, and you can see the hooded three-person group coming out of a damaged shopping street in a nearby shopping street.

After a while, the trio returned to the house again.

The robbery incident happened an hour ago and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the relationship.

Neighbor Residents arrested for suspect arrest

Residents near the scene heard peace of mind that the suspect was arrested over eight months after the incident.

A man in his 70s who runs a grocery store in a shopping street said, “I was relieved to hear that I was arrested since the burglary incident occurred in January. I want to be careful not to say anything. "

A woman in her 70s who runs a laundry shop said, “I was worried about the victim's couple after the incident, but I was arrested and my anxiety decreased. The suspects did not do this terrible thing. I want to say I want you to work. "