Organized crime group member arrested again for Cambodia-based fraud; Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department

By the 20th, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Special Investigation Division had re-arrested Teruto Yamao (26), a member of the Sumiyoshi-kai designated organized crime group, who was charged with kidnapping and being transferred to a foreign country, on suspicion of fraud for allegedly making calls from a special fraud base in Cambodia, pretending to be an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and extorting approximately 2.5 million yen in cash. This was revealed through interviews with investigators.

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Yamao appears to have received compensation for the base fraud, and the division is working to uncover the actual situation, believing that it is a source of funds for organized crime groups.

The suspect is suspected of conspiring with a 20-year-old woman from Nagoya, whose occupation is unknown, and an unemployed woman, 22, from Kushiro, Hokkaido, to transfer approximately 2.5 million yen to a man in his 20s from Kyoto Prefecture by calling him, pretending to be an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications or a police officer, and saying, ``I suspect that my cell phone number is a fraudulent contract'' and ``I suspect money laundering, and I need to check the cash in his account to prove my innocence.''

According to investigators, Yamao offered jobs in Southeast Asia to women who were in debt and men who were struggling to make ends meet at host clubs in an area called Toyoko in Kabukicho, Tokyo, without disclosing the details. It is believed that they were sent to a fraudulent base.