“Work canceled due to new virus” 53-year-old woman arrested for fraud March 15, 5:37
A 53-year-old self-employed woman was arrested by police for fraud for visiting a 90-year-old woman living in Kawasaki and tricking her cash card. In response to the investigation, the woman stated that she had canceled the stage lighting job due to the effect of the new coronavirus, applied to see a part-time job on Twitter, and deceived her card.
The person arrested was Kuniko Mizogami, 53, self-employed in Ichikawa, Chiba.
According to police investigations, Mizogami was suspected of having been fraudulently arguing for a bank clerk visiting a woman in her 90s in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki City, on July 14, and cheating two cash cards.
In response to the investigation, Mizogami said, "The stage lighting job was canceled due to the effect of the new coronavirus, and I applied for it by looking for a part-time job on Twitter to supplement my income. I thought it was strange on the way, but I tricked the card "And admitted the charges.
It also states that he has "deducted hundreds of thousands of yen from his cash card account."
According to police, before the victim's home visited the victim, she appeared as a bank clerk with a voice that seems to be another person before the visit, and received a phone call saying "There is a refund of medical expenses". The police are investigating further.