Four people, including the representative of a Tokyo-based company involved in asset management, were arrested on suspicion of violating the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act for soliciting cryptocurrency investments without being registered by the government. Police are investigating the matter in detail, believing that they collected more than 9.4 billion yen from around 1,000 people across the country.
A total of four people were arrested, including Jun Miki (62), the representative of Arcus, an asset management company based in Ginza, Tokyo. On the morning of the 14th, police searched related locations in Ginza, Tokyo. did.
According to the police, three years ago, four men and women in their 40s to 70s living in Saitama Prefecture were suspected of violating the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act by soliciting crypto asset investments without being registered with the government. Masu.
The four people called themselves ``Arcus Trade'' and solicited people by saying things like, ``If you invest in crypto assets for 1 million yen per unit, you will increase the amount back five times in one year.''
Police are investigating the matter in detail, believing that they collected more than 9.4 billion yen from around 1,000 people in 38 prefectures over the two-year period up to January.
Police are not disclosing the identity of the four people, citing a hindrance to the investigation.