Former employee arrested on suspicion of breach of trust after giving 52 million yen worth of welfare points to himself. The suspect arrested was Mami Komatsu (39), who worked at an IT-related company in Minato Ward, Tokyo.
It is believed that the points she fraudulently obtained were used for horse racing, boat races, online casinos, travel, etc. The Metropolitan Police Department believes that in the year and a half up to March of last year, they earned a total of 340 million yen.