Yuya Nagura, a 31-year-old company employee from Aichi Prefecture, was arrested on Saturday and taken to the Tokorozawa Police Station in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on suspicion of recruiting people for a violent robbery that occurred last month in the city. Nagura is accused of soliciting individuals to participate in the crime.
According to sources close to the investigation, Nagura has confessed to his involvement, stating, “I was responsible for introducing new recruits. I did it because I needed the money.”
Investigators revealed that Nagura used social media platforms to post ads with phrases such as “easy job” and “goods transport” to attract people for “dark part-time jobs” (known as yami baito in Japanese). He then communicated with applicants via encrypted messaging apps like Signal and Telegram, eventually connecting them with another individual who is believed to have coordinated the robbery operation.
