Former director of the post office in Nagasaki City is said to have deceived more than 1 billion yen from acquaintances, and in January, the former director made an excuse that interest rates rose in the financial market using the new coronavirus as a trading material. According to an interview with the people concerned, it was found that they were soliciting financial products for lies.
A former director of the Nagasaki Sumiyoshi Post Office in Nagasaki City, who was in his 60s, was suspected of cheating about 50 to 1 billion yen by proposing high-interest lie financial products for 25 years until January. I am.
According to the people concerned, the former director used LINE to make a new solicitation in late January, just before the problem was discovered.
The former director sent a message saying, "Corona's momentum has not subsided. Interest rates are scheduled to rise slightly due to this," and he is offering an additional 15 million yen deposit, saying that the interest rate has risen from 2.6% to 2.8%. It was.
Around this time, interest rates were rising in the financial markets due to expectations of economic recovery in response to the expansion of vaccinations and economic policies for new corona measures launched by the new administration of Biden in the United States.
Victims testify that the content of the solicitation overlapped with the movements of the world and they believed it.
According to the investigators, there are several people who have been approached by the same story, and the Nagasaki Prefectural Police Headquarters is listening to the situation from the people concerned.
On the other hand, Japan Post has a policy of fully compensating for the damage amount, and is proceeding with an investigation to clarify the whole picture.