Five people, including the representative director of a homepage production company in Osaka and the director of TV Asahi, were arrested for applying for a lie and defrauding a subsidy of 9 million yen under the national support system to promote the introduction of IT for small and medium-sized enterprises. I did.
TV Asahi commented, "We will deal with it rigorously."
The people arrested were Mr. Kitagawa (33), the representative director of the website production company "World Agent" in Chuo-ku, Osaka, and Mr. Kento Mita, the director of the TV Asahi sales department "Sales Promotion Bureau Solution Promotion Department". There are a total of 5 people (49).
According to the police, for about four months until January 2019, there is a suspicion of fraud for deceiving a subsidy of 9 million yen by applying for a lie under the national support system to promote IT of small and medium-sized enterprises. Has been held.
Police have not disclosed their approval or disapproval.
"World Agent" is registered as a company that supports the introduction of IT for small and medium-sized enterprises, and it cost 1 million yen per company when 18 companies, represented by Mita, proceeded with the introduction of IT. It seems that he had applied for a lie.
TV Asahi said, "The alleged arrest is considered to be a private act outside of business, and no connection with our business has been confirmed. It is very regrettable that the employee was arrested, and we are watching the progress of the investigation in the future. We will deal with it rigorously. "