
警察署の改修工事の受注代金が入ると偽り融資金約1400万円をだまし取ったとして、警視庁捜査2課は24日、設計会社常務ら男2人を詐欺容疑で逮捕した。
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政所設計は19年以降、警視庁の交番改修工事の監督業務などを計約10件受注していた。
「警察署改修工事の受注代金が入るので返済できる」と偽り、約1400万円を詐取したとして、警視庁捜査2課は24日、詐欺容疑で、設計会社「政所設計」(横浜市)常務の政所正枝(86)=同市南区井土ケ谷上町、関連会社「KMT Japan」役員の田代照也(65)=川崎市宮前区菅生ケ丘=両容疑者を逮捕した。いずれの認否も明らかにしていない。
逮捕容疑は2024年12月、北海道の30代の男性に「警視庁東村山署の大規模改修工事の入金があるので返済できる」と持ち掛け、融資金約1400万円をだまし取った疑い。
同課によると、政所容疑者らは男性を信用させるため、改修工事の偽の契約書を提示。政所設計は19年以降、警視庁の交番改修工事の監督業務などを計約10件受注しており、この際の契約書の金額などを書き換えて偽造していた。

The National Police Agency's panel of experts has recommended the introduction of ``remote analysis,'' which involves remotely controlling smartphones used to commit crimes and obtaining information, as a measure against anonymous and mobile criminal groups. The National Police Agency aims to submit a bill to revise the Police Officer Duties Execution Act to the next extraordinary Diet session.

The National Police Agency's panel of experts recommended the introduction of a method to remotely analyze communication terminals as a countermeasure against anonymous and mobile criminal groups (Tokuryu). Due to concerns about privacy violations, the government is calling for stricter enforcement through amendments to the Police Duties Execution Act and for it to be treated as an administrative procedure rather than an investigation.

The first trial of a bribery case involving facility repair work in Daito City, Osaka Prefecture, was held on the 24th at the Osaka District Court, where the former city chief accused of bribery and the representative of a civil engineering and construction company accused of bribery admitted to the charges. The former chief inspector is said to have received a total of 8 million yen in cash in return for facilitating the selection of contractors.

The jury trial of Takumi Ouchi (29), her ex-girlfriend, for the murder of nail artist Haruka Komatsumoto (31 at the time) in her Mito apartment in late 2025 concluded at the Mito District Court on the 24th, with the prosecution seeking a 21-year prison sentence. The defendant admitted to the charges and stated that he was unable to accept the breakup and planned to stalk and kill her.

There are many victims who travel to overseas resorts with the promise of high income and are forced to act as ``kakeko'' at special local fraud bases. According to the National Police Agency, the number of people arrested after being arrested in countries such as Cambodia and Indonesia is increasing, and the Metropolitan Police Department has created a cartoon video to warn young people.

On the 20th, prefectural police re-arrested four boys aged 16 to 17 on suspicion of murder in the case of second-year high school student Setsuna Shimizu (17), who was assaulted to death on a farm road in Chuo Ward, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture. The suspect was arrested on suspicion of hitting Mr. Shimizu in the head on a farm road in Tana at around 2:40 a.m. on August 22nd, causing him to die from a brain contusion two days later. Prefectural police believe that a blunt weapon was used, and security cameras showed a black car chasing the motorcycle just before the incident. The boys had previously been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a junior high school student who was riding the same motorcycle.