According to an interview with an investigative official, nine members of the gangsters, who are believed to be a fraudulent group, were arrested for deceiving a large amount of ingredients such as Japanese beef even though they did not intend to pay the price.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating that the damage amount is estimated to be about 60 million yen.
Nine men, including a 41-year-old gangster from the Yamaguchi-gumi group, Hiroki Sakata of Isehara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, were arrested.
According to investigators, three years ago in 2018, they pretended to be a food sales company, and even though they did not intend to pay the price, they paid about 3.2 million yen for two Japanese beef and salmon and other ingredients from vendors in Tokyo and Fukuoka. There is a suspicion of fraud as it has been procured and deceived.
Nine people went to food exhibitions in various places to approach business talks, and after trusting them in small transactions, they ordered a large amount of ingredients, so they could not be contacted without being paid. It means that the damage was discovered from.
Such a technique is called "capture fraud", and the Metropolitan Police Department estimates that nine people cheated about 60 million yen worth of ingredients from 10 vendors nationwide and resold them at a price of about 70% to 80% of the market. Checking it up.