Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 930 Trigger

Kitahara clicked the mouse, searching online for information about Aso.

After leaving Toyo Bank, Aso founded a company called Mountain Lake Capital. Currently, this ant farming buyback scheme is being financed by Mountain Lake Capital.

I glanced at some online information—reportedly, over 200,000 people in Japan are buying ant breeders. Furthermore, browsing social media, I found that many elderly people have even invested their life savings in this product.

Currently, there is no news of this ant farming business going bankrupt online.

It seems the police have imposed a news blackout.

"Kita... Kitahara, you mean... really?" Miyagawa stood to the side, hardly believing it. "Could it be that this ant breeding is really a scam?!"

“That…that’s a former official of the Toyo Bank. Would someone with such a background really commit fraud?!” Misumi also showed an expression of disbelief.

"It's very clear. Aso is currently under house arrest by the Metropolitan Police Department's Second Investigation Division," Kitahara said. "In the financial industry, only results matter. If you can be the one who leaves with profits and alive, then you're a master. If not, then you're a fraud."

"They've...they've already been taken into custody by the police?!" Miyagawa exclaimed in surprise.

In fact, she learned from her father's law firm that recently many young people have been following the trend of buying these breeding ants.

Miyagawa knew that his father's law firm had at least eight or nine legal assistants, including Ant Group, which had acquired Shanhu Capital.

Moreover, the financial requirements for purchasing ant breeding stock are not low.

That's at least equivalent to a young person's savings for about a year.

In a place like Tokyo, rent is expensive, and the cost of living is high in all aspects, including food, clothing, housing, and transportation. For someone who isn't a native of Tokyo, saving up for about a year is equivalent to a large sum of money for a migrant worker in Tokyo.

Furthermore, this is only the initial purchase price.

If you encounter a young person with a strong gambling addiction, they might actually invest all their savings or even borrow money to buy ants.

Thinking of this situation, Miyagawa's heart clenched.

Residential surveillance is a type of coercive measure taken by the police.

Police will not take people into custody without clear evidence.

This indicates that the ant empire built by Aso is on the verge of collapse.

The four women in the room couldn't help but gasp.

Who would have thought that investment projects would be so sought after in the market—

Is it a project on the verge of bankruptcy?!
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at the same time--

Another apartment complex in Tokyo.

A young woman sat in front of her computer, a worried expression on her face. Her name was Yukie Takemura. Yukie had dropped out of university in her second year.

The reason was simple: Yukimura had a sick mother who was hospitalized year-round.

The exorbitant medical costs made it impossible for him to complete his university studies, forcing him to start working early to make a living.

A job with low pay.

The cost of my mother's medical treatment.

It can be said that the combination of the two left Yukimura with almost no room to breathe.

She was still a young woman, yet it seemed as if her life had come to an end.

There is no hope.

but--

Yukimura bought ants.

About a few months ago, she saw an advertisement for Mountain Lake Capital.

Based on the premium paid for repurchasing Ant Group, this would be enough for her to have some extra money to spend.

Perhaps it was the tight financial situation that made things too difficult for Yukimura.

She desperately wanted to have even a little bit of money that she could freely spend.

Even a little bit would be fine.

She really wanted a little bit of financial breathing room.

So, Yukimura bought the ants.

She used all the little money she had saved from her part-time job to buy it.

Furthermore, half of the money her mother had used for medical treatment was also used to buy more.

Today is the day that the Ant Group repurchase funds from Shanhu Capital will arrive in their accounts.

However, no matter how many times Yukimura refreshed his phone.

My account balance hasn't changed in my mobile banking app. What's going on?

Yukimura stared at his phone, his fingers beginning to tremble.

You should know that it was almost all of her savings.

However, she refreshed the page again and again.

The result remains the same.

There is still nothing.

Yukimura's eyes were already blurred.

She couldn't believe the balance number in front of her.

Because this represents a bloody truth—

She was cheated.

Being scammed means losing all your savings.

She will go to the hospital to take care of her mother early tomorrow morning.

A life already suffocating under pressure.

at this moment--

It was as if all light had been lost.

Yukimura's eyes reddened. She didn't know what had happened. Mountain Lake Capital's website had 24/7 customer service. She tried contacting them, but it was no use. No one answered her.

Yukimura panicked.

She was gripped by fear.

She quickly left the apartment.

She decided to call the police.

Yukimura arrived at a nearby police station.

In her imagination, the police would quickly record the details of the case for her.

Then, a swift and decisive strike was launched.

For example, freezing the other party's company account or something like that.

Finally, he got his hard-earned money back.

But—imagination is just imagination.

This is not reality.

When Yukimura entered the police station, she was left standing aside for more than half an hour.

Finally, a middle-aged policeman staggered out and gestured for Yukimura to come over.

The middle-aged policeman looked extremely impatient.

He kept interrupting Yukimura.

"This is a civil case. It has nothing to do with criminal matters," the policeman said.

"No! This company cheated me out of my money! They cheated me out of my money!!!" Yukimura cried out, his voice almost trembling with emotion. "Please, please help me! Please help me get my money back! I really... my family desperately needs this money right now!!"

The police officer remained unmoved.

After all, they had seen too much and were already hard-hearted.

“But this looks like a commercial dispute,” the police officer continued. “You say it’s fraud, but what evidence do you have? Besides, the money might arrive tomorrow. In any case, this isn’t something the police should be dealing with. If you want to get your money back, you can file a lawsuit in court.”

Yukimura didn't understand the law.

She was thus passed around and then walked out of the police station.

Ultimately, not even a police report was filed.

Yukimura felt despair.

The world seems to have turned gray.

Everything was different from what I had imagined.

She walked back to her room in the apartment complex step by step.

After a long time-

She picked up her phone and posted the following message on social media:

"Today is the due date for Shanhu Capital's Ant Group buyback payment. But I haven't received it yet. Has anyone else received it?"

(End of this chapter)