National employment adjustment subsidy Suspicion of fraud Arrest former managing director of fisheries cooperative Ibaraki

The former managing director of the Otsu Fishery Cooperative in Kitaibaraki City, Ibaraki Prefecture, has announced that the "employment adjustment subsidy" will be provided to companies affected by the new corona for about a year and a half until December 2020, about 1.9 million. On the 8th, he was arrested on suspicion of fraud for defrauding yen.

Hideo Ishikawa (65), a former managing director of the Otsu Fisheries Cooperative, who lives in Kitaibaraki City, was arrested.

According to the police, the former managing director was absent from work three years ago, from July 2020 to December 2020, even though three employees of the cafeteria directly operated by the fishery cooperative were at work. It is suspected that he submitted a false application to the Ibaraki Labor Bureau and deceived the government's "employment adjustment subsidy" of more than 1.92 million yen.

The police did not reveal whether the incident was confirmed or not, citing that it would interfere with the investigation.

The Employment Adjustment Subsidy will be provided to companies affected by the new coronavirus.

According to the police, in October last year, they searched the office and dining room of the Otsu Fisheries Cooperative, seized computers and books, and investigated the work situation.

Police suspect that former managing director Ishikawa may have instructed the fisheries cooperative to illegally receive benefits, and are investigating the situation in detail by interviewing people involved.

Otsu Fisheries Cooperative Managing Director Sakamoto "I want to return the employment adjustment subsidy"

In response to the arrest of the former managing director, Yoshinori Sakamoto, managing director of the Otsu Fisheries Cooperative, wants to return the "employment adjustment subsidy" he received in the future.

On top of that, Managing Director Sakamoto said, ``When the number of customers at the cafeteria, which had dropped sharply due to reputational damage, was picking up, the corona disaster occurred, and while it was repeatedly closed and reopened, the employment adjustment subsidy was provided even while it was reopening. It seems that I have applied for .I can't get rid of it, but I really want to sincerely reflect and try to prevent something like this from happening in the future."