Six company executives were arrested for repeating fictitious transactions on the cashless payment service ``au PAY'' and defrauding them of 170 million yen worth of points.The Metropolitan Police Department has also accused them of 35 million yen for using the same trick on LINE Pay. He was arrested again for stealing points.
Six people were re-arrested, including Motoki Minami (37), the representative of a consulting company in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, from 2020 to 2021, the cashless payment service "LINE Pay" was used to make 2,400 fictitious transactions totaling approximately 1.18 billion yen, and to defraud 35 million yen worth of points. Suspected of computer fraud.
At the time, LINE Pay allowed points to be returned from 1% to 8% of the payment amount, and it is believed that Mr. Minami repeatedly received points by pretending to have purchased products such as smartphones from his company. I am.
Upon investigation, both have admitted to the charges.
The six people were arrested and indicted in November last year for allegedly defrauding 170 million yen worth of points through au PAY.
The Metropolitan Police Department believes that Representative Minami recruited associates under the name ``Poikatsu'' and repeatedly engaged in fraudulent transactions with around 90 people, and is currently investigating the situation.