Ten of the members who had been detained there were transferred to Japan on the 15th and arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department in the case where the base of a transfer fraud group aimed at Japanese people was caught in the Philippines.
Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, it was not possible to transport it, and it was held at the Immigration Bureau's facility for one year and eight months.
In November, 36 Japanese people who were there were detained after the group's base, which was believed to have been calling Japan for wire fraud, was caught in Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
Of these, 18 were transferred to Japan in February last year, and many have been sentenced to prison, but on the 15th, some of the remaining members were newly transferred and arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. It was.
Ten people, including Kenta Omata (27), whose address and occupation were unknown, were arrested at Narita Airport at around 3:30 pm, and after being tested for the new coronavirus, went to the police station. I was in the car I was heading to.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, 10 people were deceased and made a lie call from the Philippines to a woman in her 60s in Tokyo under the guise of a police officer, and sent another member in Japan to her home to steal five cash cards. Is held.
Ten people were scheduled to be transferred last year, but due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection there continued to be unable to transfer, and they were detained at the Immigration Bureau's facility for one year and eight months.
The Metropolitan Police Department has decided to clarify the actual situation of the group, as the remaining eight people will be transferred in sequence.
The actual situation of the group and the method of crime
The group that was caught is believed to have made a transfer fraud call to Japan based in a former hotel building in Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
In the video taken by the Philippine immigration authorities when they stepped into the building, NHK confirmed that black desks were lined up in a room like an office and many smartphones were placed on it. I can do it.
According to investigators, the group was divided into two floors of the building, each calling fraudulent calls and competing for the deceived amount.
The trick was to pretend to be a police officer, "Your name was on the list of criminals arrested for fraud. Treasury officials will visit your home to check your cash card, so follow the instructions." It calls the lie and sends the "receiver" in Japan to pick up the card. Within the group, "1 line" as a police officer, "2 line" as a staff member of the Ministry of Finance, and "receiver" It is said that the role was clearly separated from the "three lines" of the instructor to "".
Of these, "3 lines" had the highest rank, and a system was created to promote from "1 line" to "2 lines" and "3 lines" according to the amount of money deceived.
Members received a part of the deceived money as a reward, but in addition to this, prize money was given according to the "results" of fraud, and accommodation vouchers at resort areas were sometimes distributed. That is.
The scale of the damage caused by this group has not been clarified, but according to the Metropolitan Police Department, the method of pretending to be a police officer or a staff member of the Ministry of Finance is that the group's base was caught, and more than 2000 cases were confirmed nationwide, and the amount of damage was The total amount is 3.5 billion yen.
There are 36 members detained locally, but the Metropolitan Police Department will continue to investigate the whereabouts and clarify the actual situation of the group because there is a suspicion that more people including the instructor were actually involved. I'm going to proceed.