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
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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
Suspect told police, 'I made job introductions, but the work was not ore ore sagi'
Suspect told police, 'Driven by mental anguish, I returned home, thinking that it would be acceptable to be caught'
Suspect is believed to have been the leader of a fraud ring that swindled 83 persons out of ¥48 million
Victim was told over the telephone by a person posing as an acquaintance employed at an asset management firm that funds were urgently needed to cover a financial problem
Ring is believed to have defrauded persons out of ¥200 million yen in 70 incidents