Sumiyoshi-kai-affiliated gangster executives were arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on suspicion of fraud for deceiving welfare expenses and the national "sustainable benefits" by concealing their identity as gangsters.

It means that he has denied some of the charges against the investigation.

The person arrested was Makoto Yamada (62), an executive of a Sumiyoshi-kai gangster in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo.



On the 14th, the Metropolitan Police Department searched the headquarters office of Sumiyoshi-kai in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo as a related party.



According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, from September to last month, he concealed that he was a member of a gangster and cheated about 200,000 yen for welfare expenses from Edogawa Ward. There is a suspicion of fraud, allegedly deceived.



Since it was discovered in the process of investigating another case, he said to the investigation that he "did not intend to cheat" but stated that he wanted living expenses because he did not have a regular job.



The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details of the suspected money that was illegally obtained as a source of funds for the gangsters.