A 47-year-old suspect who was wanted for deceiving a state-provided "sustainability benefit" was arrested in Indonesia when a group of suspects filed a lie with the individual holder. Interviews with investigators revealed that there was a suspicion that they had submitted documents with almost the same contents except for the information.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details of the situation, considering that repeating these applications led to the discovery of fraud.
Mitsuhiro Taniguchi (47), whose address and occupation are unknown, said that he had applied for a lie that business income had decreased significantly due to the influence of the new coronavirus and deceived the national sustainability benefit of 3 million yen nationwide. He was wanted and arrested by local police in Indonesia on the 8th of Japan time on suspicion of illegal stay.
It is believed that a group including four members of the family gathered the holders all over the country and applied for the lie on their behalf, but when applying, the contents are almost the same including the amount of income except for the personal information of the holders. According to an interview with an investigative official, it was found that there was a suspicion that he had submitted the documents.
It seems that these cases increased as the number of holders increased, and the Small and Medium Business Administration, which has jurisdiction over the system, noticed that there was something suspicious about the application contents around the summer and stopped the payment.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating that repeated applications with the same content led to the discovery of fraud, and is proceeding with the procedure for transferring Taniguchi to Japan, and plans to arrest him on suspicion of fraud in the future.
Suspect looking for business in Indonesia?
Mitsuhiro Taniguchi, who was wanted for deceiving the "sustainability benefit" provided by the government and was arrested in Indonesia on suspicion of violating the Immigration Control and Refuge, was interviewed about how he lived in Indonesia. I found out that I was trying to expand the catfish farming business.
According to police in Lampung, southern Sumatra, where Taniguchi was staying when he was arrested, Taniguchi usually lives in the capital Jakarta and has visited the city of Carillejo three times since last month. It means that he was engaged in a fish farming business such as catfish.
A local man who was selling fry of catfish to Taniguchi said that he started trading last month and said that he sometimes bought 500,000 catfish at a time, "It was very profitable because he bought a lot." increase.
The suspect asked locals to participate in fry farming, bought the fish raised by the residents, and said, "I'm collecting money from my Japanese friends to invest in this business." ..
Taniguchi is believed to have been trying to expand his business in several places after entering Indonesia in October, as he had a farm in another town on Sumatra.
In addition, NHK confirmed on-site the apartment in Jakarta, the capital city, which was listed as a place of residence in a document allegedly submitted by Taniguchi to the Indonesian government to renew the residence permit. I found out that I didn't live.
Taniguchi has been detained at the Immigration Bureau's facility in Jakarta, but will be transferred to Japan in the future.