TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a member of a prison syndicate for allegedly lending cash to a lady in debt at a bunch membership at an rate of interest that exceeded the authorized restrict, experiences the Asahi Shimbun (Jan. 30).
Between July and September 2022, Taiyo Taguchi, a 36-year-old member of the Yamaguchi-gumi, allegedly obtained the equal of 891,000 yen in curiosity from the girl, aged in her 20s.
According to police, the quantity exceeds that allowed beneath the Investment Law.
Upon his arrest on suspicion of charging excessive rates of interest, Taguchi, who lives in Toshima Ward, denied the allegations. He stated, “I have absolutely no recollection of lending money or receiving interest.”
On January 28, police performed a search of the workplace of a Yamaguchi-gumi affiliated gang in Minato Ward as part of the investigation.
The girl owed roughly 800,000 yen to a bunch membership within the Kabukicho red-light district of Shinjuku Ward. She then borrowed 250,000 yen from the suspect in March 2022.
In a contract signed between Taguchi and the girl, she allegedly promised to work at an adult-entertainment institution run by an acquaintance of the suspect. She additionally agreed to look in sexually express movies as “collateral” for the debt.
At one level, the suspect additionally confirmed up on the girl’s household’s home to gather the cash. The incident got here to gentle after the girl contacted Tokyo police in October 2023.