Among the series of wide-area robberies that have occurred one after another across the country, the trial of the defendant, who is believed to be the liaison, has begun in the attempted robbery that occurred at a house in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture last November, and the prosecution said, "I will pay for moving expenses. I applied for an invitation on SNS that said, '50,000 yen for instant money'."
In a series of wide-area robberies that have occurred one after another all over the country, it was known that there was a group that gathered members through SNS "dark part-time jobs" and repeatedly committed crimes while changing the executors. It is believed that this group was also involved in the incident in which they threatened with a cutter knife, tied their wrists with a cable tie, and tried to rob them of money.
In the case in Iwakuni City, five people were indicted for attempted robbery and home invasion, and on the 31st, Haruo Ueno, 23, an unemployed defendant in Minato Ward, Tokyo, who is believed to be the liaison and driver, will be tried in Yamaguchi. Beginning in district court, the defendant admitted to what was indicted, stating "no doubt."
In the opening statement, the prosecution said, ``The defendant was active as a member of an idol group, but around the end of October last year, in an attempt to raise money for moving expenses, he found an invitation on SNS that offered ``50,000 yen for immediate payment'' and applied. , ``There is a delivery job,'' and ``the reward is 300,000 yen,'' etc., and I accepted it because I wanted money."
On the day of the crime, "the defendant drove a car with four accomplices in it to the victim's house, and was in charge of looking after him while contacting an unidentified person. The robbery ended with an attempted robbery." , was arrested for causing property damage while fleeing in a car."
In addition, the prosecutor's office said that Ueno received instructions in Okayama Prefecture the day before the incident, impersonated a police officer in Soja City, stole three cash cards from an 89-year-old resident, and withdrew a total of 1.2 million yen. claimed.
The next trial is scheduled for March 6th.
Yamaguchi Iwakuni Details of the attempted robbery
In November last year, a case in which a resident was threatened with a cutter knife at a house in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture and tried to steal money by tying it with a cable tie was preceded by a series of wide-area robbery cases.
Of the five arrested and indicted executives, two trials have been held so far, and the prosecution has argued in the opening statement that the group shared roles and caused the incident.
The addresses of the five people are Tokyo, Tochigi, Aichi, and Hokkaido, and it is believed that they applied for "dark part-time jobs" recruited on SNS.
According to the prosecution's opening statement, one of the five defendants, Tsubasa Watanabe (26), a company employee in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, was struggling to pay off his debts, and posted a daily allowance of 1 million yen on the Internet. I found the posted job posting and applied.
When I contacted the person in charge of the recruitment, it was explained that it was a Tataki job with a reward of 1 million yen.
"Tataki" is a slang term for "robbery," and the defendant only found out about it after looking it up on the Internet, but he decided to take the job because he wanted a high reward.
Then, according to the instructions, two days before the incident, head to a designated restaurant in Hiroshima Prefecture, meet two other accomplices in a car parked near the restaurant, and receive gloves and other items to use in the incident. .
Arriving at a park in Iwakuni City in the early hours of November 6, the day before the incident, another accomplice gets into the car and has a meeting.
At this point, two people who were said to be ``liaisons with superiors'' showed a photo of the victim's home,
telling him that there were two safes in the house, with a total of 100 million yen, and that the
person was It was explained to
me that I would tie them up if they were inside, and that if
I didn't know the number of the safe, I would threaten them with a knife and ask
them out.
He went straight to the victim's house, and at around 4:00 a.m., hit the window of the house with a crowbar, but it did not break, so he gave up committing the crime that day.
However, as a result of the "liaison officer" reporting to the "higher-ranking person", it was decided that the crime would be committed again the next day, and Watanabe was temporarily awaiting instructions at a manga cafe in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture.
After receiving instructions, I rented a car in Hiroshima Prefecture and arrived in front of the victim's home in Iwakuni City again around 2:00 am on the 7th.
Watanabe and others tried to break in through an unlocked window, threatened with a cutter knife, tied the resident with a cable tie, and said "kill", but another resident resisted and attempted. finished.
The prosecution divides the roles of the five people into "executive role", "driver role", "communication role with superiors", and "watchman". , It is believed that he gave specific instructions such as refinancing a rental car.
Apply for "dark part-time job" Meet "Luffy" and receive instructions
According to the lawyer of Haruo Ueno (23), whose first trial was held on the 31st, the defendant was involved in the case by applying for a "dark part-time job" on Twitter.
From October to November last year, I was asked to be a receiver of special fraud cash, etc., and at the instruction of the introducer, the highly confidential communication application "Telegram", such as the message disappearing after a certain period of time. ” to your phone.
Then, a person who called himself "Momotaro" on "Telegram" instructed him to take and send a photo of his driver's license, resident card, etc., and he obeyed.
After that, defendant Ueno was called by a person who gave himself a different name, and met him directly in front of a convenience store near Kumegawa Station in Higashimurayama City, Tokyo.
Luffy, who I met at this time, is a middle-sized man in his 30s and 40s with a Kansai accent, so he received a simple crime order and preparation funds.
After that, "Luffy" gives all instructions by "Telegram" and is involved in a special fraud as a "recipient" as a "carrying job" in Soja City, Okayama Prefecture.
After that, under the direction of "Luffy" again, he borrowed a rental car that could accommodate a large number of people in Okayama Prefecture, picked up the criminal group of the Iwakuni City incident, and headed for the victim's home.
Defendant Watanabe testifies at an interview, such as the situation at the time
Tsubasa Watanabe (26), one of the five people indicted in the Iwakuni City incident, responded to an interview with an NHK reporter and testified about the situation at the time.
The trigger is a dark part-time job
The trigger was the recruitment of "dark part-time job".
At the beginning of November last year, the defendant, who had a debt of more than 1 million yen, searched for "work" on SNS.
I found a post that said "daily allowance is over 1 million yen" and contacted them.
When I asked him about the details of his work, he replied that he would use an app called "Telegram," which disappears after a certain period of time.
After this, the defendant decided to interact with four handle names on Telegram.
Communication on SNS
First, you receive a message from the first person saying, "Just go home and pick up your passbook."
After that, the second person instructed him to send his identification card because he said, "Even if I gave him the Shinkansen fare, he often ran away with it."
Regarding this, the defendant said, "It became difficult to escape because my personal information was held."
In addition, when the third party asked for the bank account for the transfer, he was instructed to send a photo that shows the place of work, but the defendant thought, ``It may cause trouble for the company.'' , says it did not send.
And the fourth is from a person named "Kim" who has a job "Tataki", which means "robbery" in jargon, and receives instructions to go from Tokyo to Hiroshima Prefecture, saying that the reward is 1 million yen. .
The transportation expenses transferred at this time were only about 20,000 yen for one way.
The defendant recalls, "I fell into a state of mind that I could not return to Tokyo until I succeeded."
Who gave you the instructions?
After arriving in Hiroshima, I joined other criminals and headed to the house in Iwakuni city where the crime was committed.
The detailed identities of the other members are unknown, and it is said that they learned their real names after they were arrested.
However, when I checked the people who were instructed, three people, including defendant Watanabe, were from "Kim" and the other two were from "Luffy."
In addition, the three defendants, excluding Watanabe and Haruo Ueno, were accustomed to the handling of the crime and said, "I did something like a robbery in Tokyo." When I told him that he was arrested on suspicion of being involved in a robbery that occurred in the city, he said, "Now that I think about it, it makes sense."
in the field
Regarding the incident in Iwakuni City, the information in advance was that "grandfather and grandmother live", but there were actually other residents, so he felt that "the story was different".
At the scene, defendant Kazuki Ishiguri put earphones on his ears and, while communicating with "Kim", instructed defendant Watanabe to "hold hands".
In this case, the residents resisted and the defendant Watanabe was arrested.
Defendant Watanabe Looking back on the case
Watanabe said he could not imagine how many people were involved in the incident, including the instructor.
After that, he said, "I was involved in the incident because of the reward, and I am sorry for the victims. I don't know anything about the organization in the Philippines, but I want the organization to disappear. Darkness calling for high rewards. I want you to not get caught in a part-time job account like myself."