Former representative of owner commercial law "Kefir" and others arrested on fraud charges March 10 11:23
Former representatives of the mail-order company `` Kefir Business Promotion Association '' who was charged with violating the Investment Law by collecting a large amount of funds from the elderly etc. nationwide under the so-called owner commercial law, were re-arrested by the Metropolitan Police Agency on suspicion of fraud. Was.
Seven people were re-arrested, including Hideya Kaburagi (84), former president of the Kefir Business Promotion Association, a mail-order company in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, it has been suspected of fraud that it sought a stomach, invested in it even though it had no prospect of repayment, and cheated over 80 million yen from 22 men and women together.
Former delegates were charged with raising funds from an unspecified number of people without permission, claiming that they would pay interest if they became the owner of processed food.
The company has raised over 200 billion yen from about 40,000 people, including senior citizens nationwide, and filed for bankruptcy in September, but nearly half of the funds have not been repaid.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the former representatives were preparing for bankruptcy approximately four months before the bankruptcy filing, and had raised around ¥ 2 billion after this period, despite no prospect of repayment. .
In response to the investigation, the ex-president acknowledged the charges and stated that he had "collected money through the lie direct mail."