Solar Fraud of 100 Million JPY in Gifu: Suspect Arrested

Gifu Police arrested a suspect of solar fraud, but they said the 31 year-old man might be just a cash receiver. Police are investigating other suspects involved.

In late January 2012, a woman in the prefecture, 79, received a brochure about a solar power company which would turn out to be non-existent.

Later, the woman got several phone calls which said that the title deed could be purchased only by residents in Gifu and that the caller would pay 5.5 times of the price if the woman bought it on behalf of him.

Police said the woman seems to have paid for 6 times and 100 million JPY in total.

Yomiuri: 2013/05/14 19:30
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20130514-OYT1T01053.htm?from=ylist