A new survey by the Board of Audit of Japan on government subsidies and support funds provided to people who took leave due to the effects of the new corona and companies that paid leave allowances found that fraudulent receipts and duplicate payments were combined. I found more than 300 million yen.
The Board of Audit of Japan, which inspects how the national budget is used, has announced that it will provide “leave support money” to those who have taken leave due to the influence of the new corona, and “employment adjustment subsidies” for companies that have paid leave allowances. We investigated about 5.8 trillion yen paid in 2020 and 21.
As a result, more than 190 million yen of fraudulent receipts were found, such as falsely applying for employees who were not actually on leave or fictitious employees who were on leave.
In addition, it was confirmed that more than 120 million yen was paid in duplicate, such as receiving both "leave support" and "employment adjustment subsidy", which only one of them can receive. amounted to more than 310 million yen.
Regarding the "employment adjustment subsidy", there have been a series of cases of fraudulent receipt and overpayment based on the actual situation.
The Board of Audit said, ``There may have been other fraudulent receipts,'' and requested the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to return the funds to companies that were found to be fraudulent, and improved the investigation method for fraudulent receipts. I am asking you to