Two employees of the Japan Community Health Care Organization, which is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, have been disciplined and dismissed for deceiving elderly people's cash cards and selling souvenirs owned by the organization without permission. I did.
The disciplinary dismissals were given to a 34-year-old male employee of the Kinki Shikoku District Office of the headquarters and a 51-year-old male employee of the headquarters of the Japan Community Health Care Organization in Minato-ku, Tokyo.
According to the agency, a 34-year-old employee was arrested in July on suspicion of defrauding two cash cards from an elderly person in Osaka prefecture under the guise of a police officer, and was subsequently charged.
In the process of this investigation, it was also found that this employee took out a souvenir gold cup stored in the warehouse of the Organization around the spring of 2018 with a 51-year-old employee and sold it for about 670,000 yen without permission. is.
According to the agency, the two staff members acknowledged the facts and said, "I am sincerely reflecting on them," and said that the 670,000 yen obtained from the sale was returned to the agency.
The Japan Community Health Care Organization says, "I am very sorry. I would like to deeply apologize to all concerned and strive to restore trust."