
警視庁生活経済課は、ガス給湯器の点検を装い「不完全燃焼していて危険だ」などと嘘をつき、高齢者をだまして機器交換代金を詐取したとして、リフォーム会社「大安設備」の実質的経営者・糠信秀企容疑者(36)ら8人を詐欺容疑などで逮捕した。2023年以降、約7600件の契約を結び、売り上げ約22億円を上げたとみられ、契約者の9割が70歳以上の高齢者だった。
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警視庁生活経済課は、訪問販売による給湯器点検商法を装った詐欺事件を捜査しており、高齢者を狙った悪質なリフォームトラブルが後を絶たない状況を受けて、今回の逮捕に至った。
ガス給湯器の点検で「不完全燃焼していて危険だ」などとうそを言い、機器交換代金をだまし取ったとして、警視庁生活経済課は9日までに、詐欺容疑などで、リフォーム会社「大安設備」(東京)の実質的経営者、糠信秀企容疑者(36)=東京都八王子市寺町=ら8人を逮捕した。法人としての同社についても特定商取引法違反容疑で書類送検した。同課は認否を明らかにしていない。
悪質リフォーム事件、過去最多 被害150億円超、トクリュウ関与も
同課によると、糠信容疑者らは高齢者宅を狙って訪問の約束を取り付けて、営業。2023年以降、給湯器の点検商法で約7600件契約し、約22億円を売り上げたとみられる。今年1月までの1年間の売り上げは19都府県で約8億5000万円に上り、契約者の9割が70歳以上だった。視覚障害者や認知症の疑いのある高齢者から取り付けた契約も数十件確認されており、同課が詳しく調べている。
逮捕容疑は昨年6月、東京都府中市の70代男性宅を訪れ、法定基準がないのに「一酸化炭素が基準の7倍以上出ている」などと言ってガス給湯器を交換させ、代金56万4300円をだまし取るなどした疑い。
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警視庁はさらに捜査を進め、被害総額の特定とその他の関係者の特定を進める
Very likely · Within weeks

At a regular press conference on the 8th, National Police Agency Commissioner Yoshinobu Kusunobu stated that in response to a series of leaks of personal information due to unauthorized access targeting companies, he stated the need to promote investigations and clarify the actual situation, and called on companies, organizations, and individuals to implement basic security measures such as setting and properly managing passwords. The case of approximately 6.6 million personal information leaks from Times Car was also mentioned, and people were urged to be careful about identity theft and thoroughly verify their identities.

A 28-year-old Russian man who is a key member of Qilin, a ransomware group that repeatedly carries out cyberattacks around the world, was detained in Japan and extradited to Germany. The man was arrested by German authorities, the National Police Agency announced.

The National Police Agency announced that a Russian member of the international hacker group Qilin was detained in Japan and extradited to Germany. The group has repeatedly launched ransomware attacks, harming approximately 4,000 companies worldwide.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Cyber Crime Countermeasures Division has arrested Ai Kogo (38) and Mirai Oyama (40), employees of the fiber-optic network operator Official, on suspicion of violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Act and the Unauthorized Access Prohibition Act, for allegedly illegally accessing a competitor's server, obtaining customer information, and then soliciting a change of contract. The two admit it.

The Metropolitan Police Department arrested Takumi Kurokawa and three other suspects for breaking into the office of a precious metals purchasing company in Shinjuku, Tokyo, and stealing safes and other items worth approximately 25 million yen. Kurokawa is suspected of providing information about the targets to the perpetrators as a ``proposer.''

On the 7th, the Hiroshima Central Labor Standards Office referred the transportation company ``HIROKI'' and its male president to the public prosecutor on charges of violating the Labor Standards Act, alleging that five people, including a former driver, were forced to work illegal overtime in connection with an accident that killed six people on the Shin-Meishin Expressway in Mie Prefecture.