Going out of self-confidence 3 men arresting “visit thieves” stealing cash pretending to be construction workers July 22 12:24
An emergency was announced due to the effect of the new coronavirus, but in April, three people said they stole cash while visiting an elderly home at home pretending to be a construction contractor and witnessing an inspection. Was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department. Such a technique is called “visit stealing,” and the Metropolitan Police Department has called for caution. It means denying the charges against the investigation.
All three were arrested for their uncertain occupations, including Ryota Matsumoto (28) in Yokohama City and Shuta Aoyama (26) in Nerima-ku, Tokyo.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the state of emergency was declared and refraining from going out continued, but on April 30, I visited a 71-year-old woman's house living alone in Tokyo Ome-shi, pretending to be an electrical contractor, and paid 30,000 cash. There is a suspicion that he stole 7,000 yen.
Two of the three said, "I want to check the wiring because there is a power outage in the surrounding area." While the woman was present at the inspection on the second floor, the other one searched for the first floor. ..
Such a technique is called “visiting theft”, and the number of people who are refraining from going out due to the spread of infection is increasing, and there have been 27 cases by the end of last month.
In response to the investigation, he said he denied the charges, saying, "I just went to the remodeling work."