The Metropolitan Police Department has newly arrested a 38-year-old former employee on suspicion of embezzlement in connection with a case involving a luxury watch sharing service called "Toke Match" in which a watch entrusted to an operating company was sold without the owner's permission. I received a complaint.
He has already left the country and plans to make international arrangements in the future.
At the end of January, the Osaka company that operated the service ``Toke Match,'' which mediates the sharing of luxury watches between owners and those who want to borrow them and use them, suddenly announced their dissolution, and many watches were returned. It remains unused.
The Metropolitan Police Department issued an arrest warrant this month for Takashi Fukuhara (42), who was the company's representative, on suspicion of embezzlement in the course of business.
A subsequent investigation revealed that former employee Daisuke Nagata (38) was suspected of selling a Rolex entrusted to him by a customer for 1.7 million yen to a second-hand goods dealer in Tokyo in January. As a result, the Metropolitan Police Department obtained an arrest warrant and made him wanted on the same charges.
Both of them are believed to have left the country for Dubai in the Middle East on January 31st, the day the company announced their dissolution, and plans are to make international arrangements in the future.
As of the 8th of this month, police in 33 prefectures across Japan, including Tokyo and Osaka, have received reports of damage from 173 people who have entrusted their watches with them, and are investigating the incident.
Of these, the Metropolitan Police Department has received reports of damage from 62 people as of the 11th, with the number of damaged pipes estimated to be approximately 140 and the total amount of damage to be approximately 240 million yen.