Tokyo police investigating a gambling scandal involving sumo wrestlers and stable masters suspect that a crime syndicate associate was present at negotiations with Ozeki Kotomitsuki over hush money he was blackmailed into paying by a former wrestler.
Police suspect the former wrestler blackmailed Kotomitsuki over illegal bets he'd placed on Japanese professional baseball games.
The police have already obtained an arrest warrant for the former wrestler on suspicion of extorting about 39,000 dollars.
They also say Kotomitsuki was asked to pay more than 1.1 million dollars in additional hush money during the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in March.
They suspect that the gang associate took part in negotiations over payment of the money, and that stablemaster Otake accompanied Kotomitsuki and another stable master, Tokitsukaze, was waiting in a car parked nearby.
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