Suspect told police, 'I used the money to repay debts'
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Member of the ring posed as a seller of corporate bonds in swindling an elderly woman in Ibaraki Prefecture earlier this month
Operation has collected more than ¥100 million from victims since last November, police said
Members of the ring posed as representatives from a consumer affairs center in swindling victims
Victim was falsely told by someone posing as a staff member of the Financial Services Agency that her bank card was being abused
Officers searched the office and other non-specified locations in the capital on suspicion of fraud over the purchase of a 2,000-square-meter property in Shingawa Ward
Police believe the suspects helped arrange for five residences to be used for headquarters for the fraud ring
Victim received a telephone call from a person claiming to be a police officer who falsely claimed that her bank cards were being used to commit fraud
Suspect met the victim on a site for persons wishing to partake in konkatsu, or marriage-seeking activities
Elderly woman was told by a person posing a Japanese Banker's Association employee that her bank cards were being abused by a third party