A watch that had been entrusted to an Osaka company that claims to be a luxury watch sharing service was sold without the owner's permission, and the watch was sold in the name of the company's former representative. Interviews with investigators revealed that there were multiple cases.
The former representative has left the country, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has obtained an arrest warrant and is investigating his whereabouts.
This incident occurred at the end of January, when an Osaka-based company that operated a service called ``Toke Match'' that mediates the ``sharing'' between owners of luxury watches and those who wish to borrow and use them, suddenly announced their dissolution at the end of January. A large number of watches that had been entrusted to them have not been returned.
The Metropolitan Police Department has obtained an arrest warrant for the suspect Takamasa Fukuhara (42), who was the representative of the company, on suspicion of embezzlement in the course of business, alleging that he sold a luxury Rolex watch to an antique dealer without the owner's permission. I am.
Investigations so far have revealed that watches entrusted to the company were sold one after another to antique dealers in multiple prefectures, including Tokyo and Osaka, in January, just before the company announced its dissolution. Through interviews with investigators, it has been newly discovered that there are multiple cases in which these watches were sold under the name of former CEO Fukuhara.
In some cases, people believed to be former representatives brought watches directly to stores.
It is known that former CEO Fukuhara left the country for Dubai in the Middle East with his acquaintances on January 31st, the day the company announced its dissolution, and the Metropolitan Police Department will arrange for the former CEO to travel internationally to investigate his whereabouts. At the same time, we suspect that there was a planned sale of watches, and we will investigate the details of the business.