The four suspected masterminds behind a series of robberies in the Tokyo metropolitan area last year purchased X accounts multiple times to recruit individuals for yami baito or "dark" part-time jobs, investigative sources said Monday.
By analyzing smartphones seized in the high-profile serial robbery case, the joint police headquarters, including Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department, detected traces of the four suspects having purchased X accounts multiple times on the internet from around late August to late October last year, when the robberies occurred, according to the sources.
The four, including Hiroto Fukuchi, 26, are believed to have used these X accounts to recruit subordinates by posting dark job offers, including those that promised same-day payment and highlighted many available jobs including fraud, robbery and theft.
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