In a case in which a former employee of major automobile manufacturer Honda was arrested for spending approximately 23 million yen on a corporate contract credit card for personal purposes, the former employee falsely reported it as "new coronavirus countermeasure expenses" and processed the accounting. This was revealed through interviews with investigators.
Shun Kojima (33), who worked at Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s Supply Chain Purchasing Department, used a corporate credit card for personal purposes approximately 2,000 times between 2019 and 2019, causing the company approximately 23 million yen in damage. He was arrested on suspicion of breach of trust and sent to the public prosecutor's office on the morning of the 8th.
Investigations so far have revealed that much of the fraudulently used money was used to "tip money" to Internet live streamers.
According to people involved in the investigation, the suspect was in charge of managing credit cards for corporate contracts at the time, and took advantage of a system that allows payments to be made without attaching usage details, falsely reporting them as "new coronavirus countermeasure expenses" and processing accounting transactions. That means he was doing it.
It is also suspected that the cards of several other employees were used fraudulently, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details of the incident, estimating the total damage to be as much as 70 million yen.
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. said, ``Due to the ongoing investigation, we are refraining from providing details, but we are taking measures to prevent recurrence by strengthening our system for checking internal documents.''