Today (September 27th), it was announced that an illegal passerby who misused the ETC system and deceived the toll gate staff and was spared the toll payment that should be paid was arrested by the Iwate Prefectural Police for fraudulent charges. ..

In this case, the suspect misused the ETC system and deceived the staff at the exit toll gate, making a false statement that it was coming from an IC adjacent to the exit IC, which is different from the interchange (IC) that actually flowed in, and was originally paid. We were repeatedly arrested for improper payment of toll charges, and we were arrested on the occasion of a report from the Iwate Prefectural Police, which was the first case in Japan to be arrested for fraudulent use of the ETC system. I will.

We believe that the arrest of a suspect who has repeatedly carried out malicious and illegal traffic will ensure fairness in the payment of charges and prevent unauthorized traffic.

We have always taken the stance of not allowing unauthorized traffic so as not to damage customers' trust in the toll road business. We will continue to take a resolute attitude toward illegal traffic and will actively cooperate with police investigations to tackle illegal traffic.

For illegal tolls by the suspect, we will add a surcharge (twice the amount exempted) to the illegally exempted toll and charge three times the illegally exempted toll.