Five people, including a real estate broker and a member of an organized crime group, are accused of applying for a long-term fixed-rate mortgage loan called ``Flat 35'' by forging corporate employment certificates even though they were actually unemployed, and defrauding them out of approximately 28 million yen in loan funds. I was arrested.
Five people were arrested, including Teru Fujiwara (47), a real estate broker, Osamu Tsukada (51), a member of the Ikeda-gumi designated organized crime group, and a former employee of a mortgage company. is.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the five people colluded four years ago in 2020 to apply for a long-term fixed-rate home loan called ``Flat 35'' by forging corporate employment certificates even though they were actually unemployed, and received approximately ¥2,800 in loans. He is suspected of fraud for defrauding him of 10,000 yen.
Flat 35 is a mortgage loan handled by the Japan Housing Finance Agency, an independent administrative agency funded by the government, in collaboration with private financial institutions, and the interest rate is fixed for up to 35 years.
According to the investigation so far, the suspect, Tsukada, who is a member of an organized crime group, is believed to have received several million yen from a man who received a loan as a referral fee.
The Metropolitan Police Department believes that Fujiwara, who works as a real estate broker, led the incident, and is investigating the circumstances of the incident, believing that he used similar tactics to defraud four others of approximately 100 million yen.
The Metropolitan Police Department has not disclosed the identity of the five people.