Three people, including a former branch manager of Kinki Nippon Tourist, were charged with fraud for defrauding Higashiosaka City of more than 890 million yen in outsourcing fees for work related to coronavirus vaccinations. The Osaka District Court sentenced him to three years in prison with a suspended sentence.
Yutaka Moriguchi (55), former branch manager of Kinki Nippon Tourist's Kansai corporation MICE branch, and three others worked for a call center for COVID-19 vaccinations commissioned by Higashiosaka City for about a year until October 2019. He was charged with fraud for defrauding the company of over 890 million yen, including over 220 million yen, which was inflated by falsifying the number of operators and overcharging commission fees.
In the judgment on the 15th, Osaka District Court Chief Judge Ichiro Watanabe said, ``The three people conspired to declare an excessive number of employees and defrauded them of money, and the consequences are serious.In order to secure sales for the company, "There was a culture of condoning fraudulent billing."
On the other hand, he sentenced him to three years in prison and five years of probation, stating that he had "paid the full amount, received disciplinary action, and received certain social sanctions."
Regarding this issue, overcharging has been revealed in local governments across the country, and in January of this year, a former employee of Kinki Nippon Tourist's Shizuoka branch was sentenced to a suspended sentence, and the sentence was finalized. .
Kinki Nippon Tourist ``We sincerely apologize.''
In response to the ruling, Kinki Nippon Tourist said, ``We deeply apologize for the great inconvenience and concern we have caused to our customers and related parties.We will take measures to prevent recurrence and steadily implement them to restore trust. I will continue to do so.''