Suspicion of high interest lending at a restaurant with difficulty in financing arrest men and women Aichi May 14 18:34

Two men and women in Aichi prefecture were arrested by the police for lending money to a restaurant operator in Nagoya, who had difficulty in financing due to the influence of the new coronavirus, at a high interest rate more than 6 times the interest rate stipulated by law. It was. In response to the investigation, they all denied some of the charges.

The arrests were ▽ self-employed Kasugai City's self-employed Takeshi Imamura (42) and ▽ wife Kazuko Niwa (48).

According to the police, on the 9th of last month, the two broke the investment law, saying that they loaned 2 million yen to a 52-year-old restaurant operator in Nishi-ku, Nagoya city at a high interest rate more than 6 times the interest stipulated by law. There is suspicion.

This manager has rented about 6 million yen to two people about a year ago, but it was said that he borrowed another 2 million yen last month because he was troubled with the cash flow of the store due to the influence of the new coronavirus.

From the relationship between the two people, a loan statement and a file that describes the repayment status of each customer have been found, and the police are investigating the actual situation of illegal lending.

In response to the investigation, Suspect Imamura said, "The interest rate was decided by the other manager," and Niwa said, "The money lender was what Imamura was doing." All denied the part of the charges. about it.