Overview
- Chiba Prefectural Police arrested chairman Osamu Ogawa, 72, and six others on suspicion of home intrusion and theft tied to about ¥50 million missing from the late former boss Isao Seki’s house in Kashiwa in 2022.
- Investigators say the alleged break-in occurred between the evening of May 31 and the morning of June 1, shortly after Seki’s death on May 31.
- Police are examining whether Ogawa directed subordinates, noting the residence was unoccupied and showed no signs of a forced entry.
- Coverage also cites a 2023 incident under investigation in which associates allegedly surrounded the woman managing Seki’s home and sought to have her withdraw a complaint by handing her ¥20 million.
- Ogawa and the others were sent to prosecutors on December 7, and police have not disclosed the suspects’ statements.