## 【Cases 4】(Concealment of criminal proceeds etc related to “Furikome Fraud” under the guise of demanding the return of correspondence course subsidies)

Unemployed men impersonating representatives of a fictitious organization telephoned persons who had taken correspondence courses in order to obtain a qualification, on several occasions, The victims were falsely told that “students who were not able to obtain a qualification may be sued by the sponsoring company which are contributing to a subsidies for the course. Reimbursement of the subsidies is required to avoid such an action.” The suspects defrauded lots of victims who believed this fictitious story of approximately 71 million yen in total by making them send money by “Postpacket Mail” (note) etc to the private postal box contracted by the suspects under a fictitious name. The suspects were arrested for the violation of the Act on the Punishment of Organized Crimes (charged with concealment of criminal proceeds etc). Furthermore, a man who was expelled from the above-mentioned criminal group due to internal discord also committed the same crime, and defrauded victims of approximately 1.1 million yen in total by making them send money by “Postpacket Mail” etc. to the private postal box contracted by the suspect under a fictitious name The suspect was also arrested for the violation of the Act on the Punishment of Organized Crimes (charged with concealment of criminal proceeds etc).

(February, Aichi, Fukui)

Note: “Postpacket Mail” is one of the new services which the Japan Post offers to deliver goods etc. It is supposed that its service is convenient for customers and its fee is lower than usual one.

## (2) Examples of Receipt of Criminal Proceeds etc

In 2010, there were a case of receiving criminal proceeds as remuneration for the instruction of the swindling (Case 5) and a case of purchasing goods, knowing that they were shoplifted.

## 【Cases 5】(Acceptance of criminal proceeds related to cases of fraud targeting the Employment Security Funding System)

An unemployed man instructed members of a fraudulent group the way of swindling the employment security funds from the Public Employment Security Offices, by pretending to be discharged, and accordingly lose his or her dwelling. He received 1.5 million yen, a part of the criminal proceeds which the members earned through swindles, as remuneration for his instruction by making them transfer the money to his bank account. He was arrested for violation of the Act on the Punishment of Organized Crimes (charged with receipt of criminal proceeds etc).

(June, Oita)

## 3 Money Laundering cases related to Members of the Boryokudan gangsters

There were a total of 90 cases cleared (the same number as the previous year) of money laundering related to Boryokudan members and associates (note) (hereafter referred to as Boryokudan gangsters) under the Act on the Punishment of Organized Crimes in 2010, consisting of 46 cases of concealment of criminal proceeds etc. (3 less than the previous year), and 44 cases of receiving of criminal proceeds etc (3 more than the previous year). This number accounts for 43.9% of all cases cleared of money laundering.

Observation of the proportion of the cases related to Boryokudan gangsters in each type of money laundering cases shows that it was 33.1% in the receipt of criminal proceeds etc. and 67.7% in the