In a case in which the president of a medical-related company was arrested for allegedly defrauding investors of cash under the pretext of investing in a PCR testing business for the new coronavirus, the Metropolitan Police Department said they also defrauded another company executive of 50 million yen. , was rearrested.
Four people were re-arrested, including Kenichi Kaneko (44), president of a medical company called ICheck in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, and Masakazu Irie (51), president of an investment consulting company in Minato Ward, Tokyo.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, in August of last year, he approached a company executive in his 40s in Tokyo about investing in a PCR testing business, saying, ``You will receive an 8% dividend per month, and your investment will be returned at the end of the contract.'' He is suspected of fraud for defrauding him of 10,000 yen.
President Kaneko and others were arrested last month on charges of defrauding approximately 60 million yen from male investors in Tokyo.
In addition, the Metropolitan Police Department is accused of concealing the fact that it illegally collected more than 370 million yen from investors by exchanging false contracts that ``guaranteeed the principal'' and disguised them as ``loans.'' Suspect Ikuto Soga (29), the president of a consulting company, was re-arrested on suspicion of violating the Organized Crime Punishment Act.
The Metropolitan Police Department believes that more than 3.2 billion yen was illegally collected from approximately 130 people across the country for investment in a PCR testing business, and is currently investigating the situation.