Matsue being transported. He returned to Japan while many of his friends were arrested.
When the man came out of the Mejiro Police Station, it was almost 3:30 in the morning. It had been about seven hours since he had entered the police station. The man looked down tiredly and got into the transport vehicle.
On June 13, the suspect, Daiki Matsue, 31, was arrested after returning from Dubai. He was suspected of fraud, having fraudulently received a benefit for sustaining a new type of coronavirus. In addition to Matsue, seven other suspects were arrested on June 1, including Kohei Tsukamoto, 24, a Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau employee, and Rinka Sato, 22, a real estate company employee, as the main suspects. The total amount of damage reportedly amounted to 200 million yen. The scheme is as follows.
“The suspects would recruit high school and college students. They persuade them to invest in crypto assets. They say, ‘If you invest in crypto assets, you can become a sole proprietor and legally apply for benefits,’ and ‘Your benefits will be doubled if you invest in Bitcoin’. The number of names of application recipients has reached about 200,” said a reporter from the society section of a national newspaper.
The seven suspects are investment associates of Mining Express (ME), a virtual currency-related business. Matsue is believed to have been their leader.
“In a video showing a seminar they held, Matsue is introduced as the leader of the group. He is also shown getting out of a Rolls Royce, which costs about 47 million yen. Matsue is also said to own another luxury car, a Lamborghini.”
Left a large company at the age of 25 after making a lot of money
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