In a trial in which a victim of special fraud sought compensation from the top of a designated gangster, the Supreme Court decided to dismiss the appeals of the chairmen and the ruling that ordered compensation was finalized.
This is the first time that the Supreme Court has finalized a ruling ordering compensation after the revised Boryokudan Countermeasures Law has been applied to make it easier for top management to pursue their responsibilities.
In a trial in which women in Ibaraki Prefecture sought compensation of more than 7 million yen for two people, including Chairman Seki Isao of the "Sumiyoshi-kai", for being deceived by a gangster for a special fraud, the Mito District Court of the first trial Judged that "it would be a fund acquisition using the power of the gangsters," and ordered the chairmen to compensate for more than 6 million yen.
This was the first decision to apply the revised Act on Countermeasures against Boryokudan to make it easier for the top of the gangster organization to pursue responsibility, and to order the top to compensate for the damage.
The Tokyo High Court of the second trial also ordered compensation and the chairman appealed, but Judge Masayuki Ikegami of the Supreme Court's first small court decided to dismiss by the 12th, and the judgment ordering compensation to the chairmen was confirmed. Did.
This is the first time that the Supreme Court has finalized a compensation order that applies the revised Boryokudan Countermeasures Law, and there is a possibility that victims will be rescued in similar cases in the future.