Chapter 53: The Loan Shark Trap
"Mrs. Yonezawa, can you tell us more about that pension fraud?"
Lin Xiuyi put down the teacup in his hand and cautiously asked Mrs. Yonezawa about the pension fraud again.
"Hey......! About three months ago, because my mother's family had something to do, I told my mom and left Tokyo for a while. When I came back, I overheard my mother talk about her plans to live in a nursing home in the future......"
"At that time, I felt a little strange, thinking that it was because of this period of time away from home and neglecting to take care of my mother, so I asked a few more words, who knows, who knows that my mother actually told me that he has handed over his pension to an insurance company, and she can live in a comfortable nursing home with peace of mind in the future......
Mrs. Yonezawa's eyes moistened again. Seeing this, Miki hurriedly took out a tissue from her briefcase and handed it to the other party.
"Sorry...... I'm just!"
"It's okay, I think whoever encounters this kind of thing will probably feel very difficult!"
"I felt a little uneasy, so I asked my mother for the contract and showed it to my relative's child, who is a lawyer. As a result, I was told that my mother not only authorized the other party to take care of the pension, but also used the house as collateral to guarantee a financing request from a financial company...... That's when I realized that my mother had been deceived. ”
"I quickly asked the other party to come home with me and ask my mother what was going on! My mother told me that she was an acquaintance introduced by a friend from her hometown, so she wouldn't lie to her, but when my mother called the other party again, we couldn't contact each other anymore anyway......
At this point, Mrs. Yonezawa could no longer control her emotions, her fingers fiddled with the corners of her clothes restlessly, although she didn't hear the sound of crying, but Lin Xiuyi clearly heard the sound of tears falling on the tatami mats.
"Although it is unbearable to constantly uncover the scars of the victims, human memory is like this, and only continuous memories can gradually restore the situation at that time little by little. ”
Lin Xiuyi silently muttered sorry in his heart, and then he and his colleagues were silent, waiting for Mrs. Yonezawa to recover slowly. About ten minutes later, when Mrs. Yonezawa raised her head again, Lin Xiuyi continued to ask the following questions.
"Mrs. Yonezawa, you mentioned earlier that the old woman who tricked Yonezawa into signing the insurance contract was introduced by a friend from her hometown, may I ask you...... What kind of friends are they?"
"It's a colleague who worked with my mother in the factory when I was young, and the guy who asked my mother to sign the contract is because he claims to be the other party's son, so my mother trusts him extraordinarily......"
"So...... Did you look into that colleague's situation later?"
"Hey, after the accident, I also asked my relatives in my hometown to inquire a little, and I heard that the other party has been dead for many years, and the only daughter of a colleague has passed away for a long time......"
Hearing Mrs. Yonezawa's answer, Lin Shuichi, Miki, and Urashima glanced at each other, and then Miki asked:
"I take the liberty of asking, Mrs. Yonezawa, may I ask ...... of your hometown?"
"My family used to run a wood processing business in Gifu, but when my husband died of illness, we sold the factory in our hometown and brought my mother-in-law to Tokyo......
"You guys?"
"Hey, I still have my son Kensaku!"
"Your son, we don't seem to have seen him in the past few times!"
"That...... After this incident, Kensaku said that he wanted to ask his former friend to see if he could ask the other party to help him get through this difficulty, so he was not at home during this time. Moreover, I was also afraid that those loan sharks would find him, and I did not dare to take the initiative to call him during this time......"
"Oh...... Does your son have a lot of friends here?"
"Hey, after Kensaku graduated from junior high school, he gave up his studies because he wanted to be a comedy artist, and went to Tokyo alone for a while, probably a friend he met at that time!"
"Oh...... That's what happened!"
……
After coming out of Yonezawa's house, Lin Shuichi and his subordinates returned to the car, and everyone couldn't help but feel deep sympathy for what happened to Yonezawa's family.
"The police department, defrauding people of money has also made the victim and his family fall into the whirlpool of usury, these scammers are really hateful!"
Urashima sat in the driver's seat and slapped the steering wheel in front of him angrily.
"It is indeed hateful, to let the victim's family fall into an endless usury trap, relying on the friendship of fellow villagers and the like to win the trust of the elderly, what this kind of person does is simply more hurtful than murder and arson, and it is simply an unforgivable behavior......"
Lin Xiuyi also said angrily.
"Police, what are we going to do next? Is it to investigate the common ground between the deceived old people? Or do we want to follow the clue of loan sharking. ”
Miki looked at the notebook in her hand carefully, and then asked Lin Xiuyi for advice with some uncertainty.
"Urashima-kun, during this time, you should go and follow the clue of the loan shark! Miki, you go and investigate the matter of the Yonezawa family and see if you can find any clues!"
"Hey!"
"Hey!"
……
After arranging the rest of the work to his subordinates, Lin Xiuyi picked up his mobile phone and planned to ask Akemi about the situation. At this moment, he suddenly received a call from the counselor of the Central Garden.
"Lin Xiuyi, come to the minister's office immediately?"
"Huh?"
"I'll tell you to come to the minister's office right away!"
"I'm sorry, counselor, our special search department is now cooperating with the Ministry of Life and Safety to investigate the previous pension fraud case, so ......"
"Oh oops, when is it, you still have the heart to worry about the case of the Ministry of Life Security, and immediately come back to me to participate in the emergency meeting of the Criminal Department~~!"
The counselor of Zhongyuan roared angrily at Lin Xiuyi on the phone.
"Uh...... We're going back, but can you ask what this meeting is about?"
"This ...... It's inconvenient to say on the phone, I'll know when you come back!"
"Huh?"