Two men and women in their 20s were arrested for buying smartphones from people who applied for SNS's "dark part-time job".
The purchased smartphone has been sold, and the police are investigating it as being suspected of being used in a crime.
The two arrested were Tatsuki Murata (23) from Kita Ward, Osaka, and Yurie Shibukawa (28) from Nakano Ward, Tokyo.
According to the police, in April last year, the two purchased 12 smartphones from three people, including a man in his 30s who applied for a SNS "dark part-time job", violating the Mobile Phone Improper Use Prevention Act. is suspected.
On social media, he claimed that he could get a large amount of cash on the same day, and after Murata contacted the applicants and solicited them to sign a smartphone contract, Shibukawa met directly and bought the smartphone. That's it.
The police believe that they bought from hundreds of people with the same trick.
In addition, these smartphones are being sold by another colleague, and the police suspect that they may have been used for crimes, and are investigating in detail, and are calling attention not to apply for "dark part-time jobs" that claim high income.
Police have not disclosed the identity of the two men, citing an obstacle to the investigation.