In an incident where watches entrusted to a company operating the luxury watch sharing service ``Tokematch'' were sold without permission, the company announced its dissolution, and sales were concentrated in January, with the amount of at least 1. Interviews with people involved in the investigation revealed that the amount exceeded 50 million yen.
The former representatives left the country on the day the disbandment was announced, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the possibility that they may have tried to cash out the company before that.
At the end of January, the operating company suddenly announced the dissolution of Tokematch, which claims to be a sharing service for owners of luxury watches and those who want to borrow them, leaving many watches unreturned.
The Metropolitan Police Department suspects former company president Keisuke Fukuhara (42) and former employee Daisuke Nagata (38) of embezzlement in the course of business, alleging that they sold Rolexes entrusted to them by customers to antique dealers. I have an arrest warrant.
According to research so far, while the company started a campaign to encourage people to keep watches around November of last year, it has been found that there is no evidence that they have lent watches since November.
Subsequent investigation revealed that the watches kept by the company were sold in a concentrated manner in January this year, with the sales amount amounting to at least 150 million yen in one month, according to interviews with people involved in the investigation. .
Former CEO Fukuhara and others are believed to have departed for Dubai on the same flight on January 31, the same day the disbandment was announced, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the possibility that they may have tried to cash out before that, and is proceeding with procedures for international arrangements. Masu.