Ferrari, Fake Credit Cards, and a Nefarious Couple’s Trial

Chika Saito was accused of driving a Ferrari and making a false accusation against a driver.

On November 13, the Tokyo District Court held the first trial of Yuki Nomura, 30, who was charged with fraud for chasing a truck in a luxury car, causing trouble, photographing the driver’s license, and purchasing goods with a fraudulently created credit card.

The three suspects, Takaaki Saito (32, occupation unknown at the time of his arrest), his wife Chika (33, occupation unknown at the time of her arrest), and Nomura, an acquaintance of the couple and a temporary worker in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, drove a leased Ferrari, Lamborghini, and other luxury vehicles, chased a truck on the highway, and took pictures of the driver’s license on a false charge. By September 4, they were arrested on fraud charges for purchasing goods with fraudulently created credit cards.

FRIDAY” photographed the three suspects entering the police station on September 3, 2012 (distributed on September 9, 2012). The suspect, Takasatoshi, gave the press a sullen look as if challenging them, and the suspect, Chika, even seemed to be smiling with her gums showing. On the other hand, Nomura, who admitted to the crime, looked downcast, his shoulders slumped.

According to the indictment, Nomura conspired with Takasato and Chika to pursue the truck in a luxury car,

“A bolt flew out and hit the body of the truck and scratched it,” the indictment alleges.

The defendants then took the driver’s driver’s license. They then took a picture of the driver’s driver’s license and used the image to fraudulently create a credit card. They are suspected of purchasing a smartphone at an electronics retail store in Osaka Prefecture. The group of criminals called 110, and when the police officer urged them to talk to each other, they asked the truck driver to present his driver’s license as an exchange of communications, and then took pictures of him.

The driver opened a bank account and created a credit card with the fraudulently created driver’s license. The credit card was also received at an apartment rented in the driver’s name. The Metropolitan Police Department’s Crime Revenue Division seized a total of 34 credit cards belonging to nine people. It is known that a total of approximately 40 million yen was used fraudulently.

The defendants have been in a master-servant relationship since their college days.

Nomura appeared in court wearing a gray top and bottom sweatshirt, his back rounded, and he listened to the prosecution read out the indictment in an exhausted state. When asked about the nature of the indictment, he admitted without expression , “There’s no doubt about it.

In contrast to Nomura, Takasato has blond hair, dark skin, and a sturdy physique, as seen in the image of him at the time of his arrest. Chika has long blond hair.

Takasato participated in bodybuilding competitions and worked out a lot. He lived in a townhouse with Chika and wore luxury brands and drove a luxury car. The driver must have felt intimidated when he was harassed by Takasato, who is a big man and wears luxury brands.

The relationship between such a hot-headed couple and Nomura, who works as a temporary worker, seems unbalanced. What was the point of contact? …… What was revealed in court was the systematized criminal tactics and the irrational relationship between the Saito couple and the Nomura defendants.

Takasato and Nomura were senior and junior members of the canoe club at university. Somehow, Chika contacted Nomura and resumed communication with Takasato. They then became involved in this scam.

The Nomura defendants received only 10-20% of the fees set by Saito and his wife. Takasato and Nomura have had a master-servant relationship since their university days, and it seems that they were unable to refuse the invitation and became involved in the scam. The relationship between the two would have been severed after graduation, but nowadays it is easy to connect with each other through social networking services. It is possible that the old relationship has continued.

Did Mr. Takasato control Mr. Nomura with fear? Not a few suspects have stated that they thought they would be killed if they refused to work as part-timers, which has been happening more and more frequently recently, and there is growing concern about the increase in this form of criminal groups.