Leader of 2.2 billion yen fraud ring among those arrested for taking cash cards (Super J Channel, November 2, 2026)

The leader of a special fraud group and another suspect have been arrested over losses totaling about 2.2 billion yen. The two men are suspected of calling four elderly women in Tokyo last year, posing as municipal or ward officials, and taking their cash cards. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, they claimed the cards had to be exchanged to process benefit payments. Police believe part of the money was funneled to a criminal organization and are continuing the investigation.

• Total losses estimated at about 2.2 billion yen
• Sasaki Naruto (34) and another suspect arrested
• Suspects allegedly posed as local government staff to obtain cash cards

被害総額約22億円。特殊詐欺グループのリーダーらが逮捕です。 　佐々木成人容疑者（34）ら2人は去年、都内に住む高齢の女性4人に市や区の職員をかたって電話を掛け、キャッシュカードをだまし取ったなどの疑いが持たれています。 　警視庁によりますと、佐々木容疑者らは「給付金の支給手続きのためにキャッシュカードを交換する必要がある」などと嘘を伝えていたということです。 　佐々木容疑者は2023年以降、約500人から総額22億円ほどをだまし取ったとされる特殊詐欺グループのリーダーとみられています。 　警視庁は被害金の一部が暴力団に流れていたとみて調べています。 [テレ朝NEWS] https://news.tv-asahi.co.jp