Investigators say that two gang members were arrested for trying to defraud an elderly man in Tokyo of several million yen by making a false phone call saying, ``If you don't pay cash, you'll be on trial.'' I understood from the interview.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating that the two were defrauding the money by the same trick, as they were trying to send the cash to an empty room in Tokyo.
Two suspects, Yuji Yamamoto, a member of a gang affiliated with the Far East, and Genki Kikuchi, an employee of a real estate company, were arrested.
According to investigative sources, around December 2016, a number of elderly men living in Akishima City, Tokyo, made a number of false phone calls, saying, "I have insurance premiums to deal with civil lawsuits. If I don't pay cash, I'll be sued." He is suspected of attempted fraud as he tried to defraud him out of 1 million yen.
It is believed that the man was trying to have the cash sent to an empty room in Tokyo by courier, and after receiving a consultation from the man, the Metropolitan Police Department arrested another suspect who showed up to receive the money, and as a result of the investigation, there is suspicion that the two were involved. That is what I found out.
It is believed that the employee was misusing information about vacant rooms that he learned at work.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating that the two were defrauding the money in a similar manner.