Okinawa Times apologizes Employees receive illegal national benefits September 13 21:40
Okinawa Times, a newspaper company in Okinawa Prefecture, cooperated with the police investigation after holding a press conference and apologizing for the problem that employees were illegally receiving benefits by misusing the national benefit system against the new coronavirus. He showed his intention to try to clarify the facts.
The Okinawa Times held a press conference on the night of the 13th, and President Kazuhiko Taketomi apologized, "We take responsibility seriously for the misconduct of newspaper employees. We sincerely apologize."
According to the company's explanation, it was a male employee in his 40s who was seconded to an affiliated company who was illegally receiving the "sustainable benefit" of 1 million yen in the country where sole proprietors are targeted. In addition to receiving it, it is said that 800,000 yen was borrowed under the "emergency small-lot fund" system that allows unemployed people to borrow their living expenses for the time being without interest.
The employee applied for a lie by paying a commission of 100,000 yen to a tax accountant who was introduced by a man he knew in May.
According to the company's investigation, he admitted that he had received a mortgage loan of more than 10 million yen and wanted to use it for repayment, and he is proceeding with the refund procedure.
This employee is also approaching 15 other people such as colleagues, and a male employee in his 30s who belongs to an affiliated company applied for a lie even though he did not receive the "sustainable benefit", and "emergency small lot" It means that he had borrowed 200,000 yen for "funds".
The Okinawa Times will cooperate with the police investigation, strive to clarify the facts, and set up an in-house verification committee to prevent recurrence.