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"Vice Director Fraud" on the Rise Across Japan...Construction Companies Approached by Hospitals About Renovation Work Are Tricked Into Buying Antibacterial Agents Instead, Swindling a Total of Approximately 4 Million Yen. <Phone Calls Impersonating Real Hospitals Confirmed One After Another in and Around Hokkaido> Hakodate City, Hokkaido
A series of fraud cases have occurred across Japan in which perpetrators impersonate real hospitals and swindle construction companies out of money after they hire them for renovation work, prompting police to issue warnings. On September 7th, a construction company in Hakodate, Hokkaido, received a phone call from a man claiming to be the "vice-director" of a real hospital in Hokuto City, who said he wanted to renovate the hospital. The constru…
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A series of fraud cases have occurred across Japan in which perpetrators impersonate real hospitals and swindle construction companies out of money after they hire them for renovation work, prompting police to issue warnings. On September 7th, a construction company in Hakodate, Hokkaido, received a phone call from a man claiming to be the "vice-director" of a real hospital in Hokuto City, who said he wanted to renovate the hospital. The constru…