Host’s Terrifying Actions in Collecting Accounts Receivable and Introducing Female Clients to Sex Shops with Extortionate Fees

 

When A was unable to pay the ‘accounts receivable,’ Obokata allegedly attempted to collect the debt in December of the previous year while parked in a car in a convenience store parking lot in Adachi Ward. He reportedly said things like, ‘You’re going to jail,’ ‘The collection agency will come,’ and ‘If you can’t tell your parents, you’ll have to borrow from those places.’ Obokata is said to have told A, ‘You can borrow now, so do it,’ and had her apply for consumer loans from his smartphone. A reportedly applied to three different companies,” according to another social affairs reporter.

A, who was subjected to Obokata’s intimidating demands for payment, consulted the police. Through LINE exchanges and other evidence, it was revealed that Obokata had been collecting payments unfairly.

“It appears that Host Club S also had A sign a written pledge, suggesting that the crime involved the entire establishment. The operating company, M, has been formally charged with violating the Tokyo Anti-Overcharging Ordinance. It is unusual for a corporation running a host club to be prosecuted,” said the same reporter.

Troubles with female clients at host clubs have been increasing, becoming a social issue. 

“In January of this year, a host club employee in Kabukicho was arrested on charges of coercion. It is alleged that he made female clients who couldn’t pay their ‘accounts receivable’ stand around parks in Kabukicho and engage in prostitution-related activities while waiting for clients. Some host clubs and their employees deliberately charge female clients exorbitant fees and engage in unfair collection practices.

This year, the Tokyo Public Safety Commission has imposed administrative penalties, including suspension of business operations, on three host clubs in Kabukicho due to overcharging and other offenses. The police are also intensifying their crackdown on malicious hosts and establishments,” the same reporter added.

The police are advising female clients to avoid falling for hosts’ sweet talk and not to order expensive drinks.