Dai-ichi Life, a major life insurance company, announced that it was found that an employee in his 40s who was working at a branch office in Saitama Prefecture was suspected of fraudulently withdrawing cash from the account of an elderly customer.
The company says that the amount withdrawn may amount to about 38 million yen.
According to Dai-ichi Life, the suspected withdrawal of cash from a customer's account is a female employee in her 40s who worked at the Saitama Eastern Branch in Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture.
From 2018 to August, this employee is suspected of having an elderly customer cancel his insurance contract, transfer cash to his account, and use his cash card to withdraw money illegally.
The withdrawn amount may amount to about 38 million yen.
It was discovered by a relative of the customer, and the employee said to the company's investigation that he "used it for living expenses and playing money."
The company has already dismissed this employee as a disciplinary measure, and police are currently investigating.
Since last year, Dai-ichi Life has been fraudulently acquiring more than 1.9 billion yen in Yamaguchi, as well as in Hokkaido, Nagano, Wakayama, etc., saying, "We deeply apologize for the great inconvenience and concern." In addition to commenting, he said that he would strengthen measures to prevent recurrence.