Of the four people who were repatriated from the Philippines to Japan and arrested on suspicion of being involved in a special fraud case, the Metropolitan Police Department re-arrested two suspects, including those who are believed to be the masterminds, on suspicion of being involved in another special fraud.
All four were rearrested by March 1, including the two who were rearrested on February 28. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the relationship between the group and the series of wide-area robberies as well as clarifying the actual situation of the group. doing.
Among the four executives of the group who were repatriated from the Philippines to Japan in February and arrested on suspicion of being involved in a special fraud case in 2019, Yuki Watanabe (38), who is believed to be the mastermind, was re-arrested. ) and Tomonobu Kojima (45).
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, in November 2019, the two men made a false phone call to a woman in her 60s in Tokyo, stole five cash cards, and withdrew approximately 3.5 million yen. I'm here.
Police have not released the identity of the two men.
On February 28, the Metropolitan Police Department re-arrested Seiya Fujita (38) and Masato Imamura (38) on suspicion of being involved in another special fraud. The damage is estimated to be over 6 billion yen.
On the other hand, in the Philippines, a female member with an arrest warrant on suspicion of being involved in a special fraud case is being detained by local authorities, and the Metropolitan Police Department is making adjustments with the aim of early deportation.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the relationship between the series of wide-area robberies, such as investigating the actual situation of the special fraud group and hastening the analysis of the mobile phones that are believed to have been used by the four people.