CHIBA (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested six persons for their alleged involvement in the fraudulent passing of a vehicle inspection in Matsudo City for a modified supercar last year.
Kunizo Narita, the 80-year-old proprietor of the private vehicle inspection center Matsudo City Motors Center, admitted to police that he has carried out the crime “hundreds of times,” reports NHK (June 26).
On October 22 and 23, Narita is alleged to have created false documents to show that the modified Lamborghini owned by Shinichi Yamamoto, 55, passed its necessary inspection.
Four other persons were arrested in the case. All six suspects admit to violating the Road Transport Vehicle Act and other charges.
Yamamoto said, “We knew the car would not pass the inspection, so we took the fraudulent route.” Meanwhile, Narita said, “In the past, we have conducted hundreds of illegal vehicle inspections.”
Lamborghini
Police said that the shaken inspection mandated by the law did not take place and necessary maintenance was not conducted.
For Yamamoto’s Lamborghini, it did not meet vehicle inspection standards because its muffler had been illegally modified to make the engine sound louder and the vehicle was decorated with electric lights.
On Thursday, police also referred Matsudo City Motors Center as a corporation to the prosecutor’s office, recommending “severe punishment” and calling for an indictment.
Yamamoto operates a car dealership in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo. Often going by the surname “Morohoshi,” he is the head of the “Morohoshi Ikka” group of drivers of illegally modified sports cars. He has been driving in groups for over 10 years.
Police have received complaints about “Morohoshi Ikka” from the public over members’ revving engines and noise.
