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<h2> Chasing trucks with Ferraris and Lamborghinis</h2>
<p> On January 8, 2012, the Tokyo District Court held the first trial of Takasato Saito, 32, who was charged with fraud for chasing a truck in a supercar, causing trouble, photographing the driver&#8217;s license, and purchasing goods with a fraudulently created credit card.</p>
<p> According to the indictment, Saito, his wife, Chika (30), and a friend of the couple, Yuki Nomura (30), a temporary worker in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, tracked a truck in a leased Ferrari and Lamborghini. ≪They took pictures of the driver&#8217;s driver&#8217;s license, alleging that a bolt flew out and hit and scratched the body of the truck. On September 3, 2011, he was arrested on fraud charges for fraudulently creating a credit card based on the driver&#8217;s license and purchasing an IPhone and other items at electronics retailers in Osaka and Tokyo.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> The couple lived in a tower condominium in Toyosu and led a lavish lifestyle. They forged 71 credit cards for 31 people, and the total damage amounted to more than 95 million yen.</span></p>
<p> The first trial of Nomura and Chika was held in November and December of last year, respectively. What was revealed in court was the systematized criminal tactics and the irascible relationship between the Saito couple and the Nomura defendants.</p>
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<p> 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.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> 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. Once they graduated, their relationship would have been severed, but nowadays it is easy to connect with each other through social networking services. It is possible that the old relationship has continued.</span></p>
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<h2>. violence and threats by her husband.&#8221;</h2>
<p> After admitting the facts of the indictment, Nomura said, &#8220;I was in a master-servant relationship with [Takasato],</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> &#8220;I had a master-servant relationship with [the defendant].</span></p>
<p> Chika tearfully stated, &#8220;I was a slave to my husband. Chika tearfully stated, &#8220;My husband was violent and threatened me, and I could not turn him down,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t refuse because of my husband&#8217;s violence and threats.</span></p>
<p> Chika claimed that she could not refuse because of her husband&#8217;s violence and threats.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> Chika was dressed up in luxury brands and led a lavish lifestyle. Since the couple was thought to be the ringleaders, Chika&#8217;s testimony came as a surprise. There was a lot of attention on what Takasato would say at his first trial.</span></p>
<p> The defendant, dressed in a gray top and bottom sweatshirt, had shaggy blond hair that was half black from the roots. His left bangs were tied back with an elastic band, and his stout physique, which was the result of his participation in a bodybuilding competition, gave him an eerie intimidation factor. Before the court opened, he looked at the packed auditorium with an unfaithful expression and a sharp gaze.</p>
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<p> On the day of the trial, it was revealed that Takasato had also been stealing from the locker room at Gold&#8217;s Gym. He stole a driver&#8217;s license from a locker in the locker room and forged a credit card. He purchased 13 bottles of high-end whiskey, with a retail value of 2.9 million yen, from a liquor store and resold them to a buyer for approximately 2.5 million yen.</p>
<p> When the presiding judge asked, &#8220;Is there anything wrong with the indictment? After about 10 seconds of silence, Takasato replied, &#8220;Not particularly. After about 10 seconds of silence, Takasato answered, &#8220;Nothing in particular,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I don&#8217;t want you to misunderstand my meaning. I did not conspire with Chika Saito. I have been subjugating her with violence and verbal abuse on a daily basis.&#8221;</span></p>
<p> He quickly asserted. As for his relationship with Nomura, with whom he is said to have had a master-servant relationship, he said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t have a master-servant relationship with Nomura,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I have no master-servant relationship with Nomura. He is a person I do not need. I did not give him any instructions. Nomura told me that he wanted to work with me because he was in need of money.</span></p>
<p> Nomura denied Nomura&#8217;s testimony outright.</p>
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<h2>Is the husband protecting his wife?</h2>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The defendant Nomura was a junior member of the canoe club at Takasato&#8217;s university. Chika contacted Nomura on SNS and they met again to commit the crime. Then, it is unclear why Chika defendant contacted him. Whether Chika defendant was in a leading position or submissive will affect the amount of punishment. The focus will be on the discrepancies and inconsistencies in the testimonies of the three defendants,&#8221; said a reporter from the society department of a national newspaper.</span></p>
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<p> (A reporter from a national newspaper) &#8220;Is Mr. Takasato protecting his wife, and what did the 10-second silence mean? The court will find out in the coming trial.</p>
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<figure id="attachment_389923" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-389923" style="width: 1097px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="41092c17"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/09/e8680b212ae22fd289bd2482e08da3ee.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-389923" class="wp-caption-text"> Nomura, a suspect who admits to the crime (photo partially doctored)</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_389925" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-389925" style="width: 2059px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="326dd205"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/09/8b086bf4d2a25f6c62f026e8fee55a41.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-389925" class="wp-caption-text"> The crime scene was located in Tokyo and 10 prefectures, including the Tomei Expressway and Joban Expressway.</figcaption></figure>


 Shinji Hasuo

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