{"id":171762,"date":"2025-06-25T13:25:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T04:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=171762&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-06-25T13:25:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T04:25:41","slug":"roof-scam-suspects-arrested-kitakyushu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/roof-scam-suspects-arrested-kitakyushu\/","title":{"rendered":"Roof Scam Suspects Arrested in Kitakyushu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four individuals, including a company executive based in Kitakyushu\u2019s Kokurakita Ward, were arrested for allegedly defrauding homeowners by faking roof inspections. The suspects are accused of damaging rooftops themselves and falsely claiming urgent repairs were needed, collecting \u00a54.21 million in total. Authorities are also investigating their broader remodeling business, which generated over \u00a558 million in revenue. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=15443636&amp;ymd=2025-06-24\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_unsplash-kawara_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1299&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Roof Scam Suspects Arrested in Kitakyushu\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1299\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-171771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_unsplash-kawara_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_unsplash-kawara_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C278&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_unsplash-kawara_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C950&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fnn_unsplash-kawara_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C713&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by Kano Takahashi on Unsplash<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four individuals, including a company executive based in Kitakyushu\u2019s Kokurakita Ward, were arrested for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":171771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-171762","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/171762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}