Three people, including the former general manager of Rakuten Mobile, were arrested for defrauding the company of approximately 2.5 billion yen by inflating outsourcing fees related to the maintenance of mobile phone base stations. An interview with the Metropolitan Police Department revealed that the money had been transferred to the account of the company represented by the former manager's wife.
The money is believed to have been used by the former director for real estate investments, etc., and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating that the three people have been cheating in the same manner for about three years.
Former Logistics Management Manager of Rakuten Mobile, Yuki Sato (46) and three other suspects inflated the cost of developing a mobile phone base station outsourced by Rakuten Mobile to Japan Logistics by approximately 920 million yen, and combined with the inflated amount. It is suspected that about 2.5 billion yen was defrauded from Rakuten Mobile.
Police have not released the identity of the three.
It was reported to the Metropolitan Police Department that the money, which is believed to be part of the padding, was transferred from the transportation company to which the work was subcontracted, to another company, and then to the account of the company headed by the wife of the former manager. I learned something new during the interview.
It means that these were transferred in the name of consulting fees.
The former manager is believed to have used the money for real estate investment and car purchases, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating that the three people have been deceiving them for about three years.